I am using MFJ hamsticks for 20m and 40m bands in dipole configuration(s), i.e. installed in MFJ-347 mount. Here is the first post in this blog on MFJ-2220 and MFJ-2240 dipoes on 38ft/10+m Max-Gain fiberglass pole I use. In a word, 20m dipole works well for me. I use it to make DX as well as stateside contacts. It is not beam antenna, it has inherent loss and not all power makes it to the far field, but it definitely works. It also has some directivity at the height I use it (again 33-38ft, i.e. a little more than 10m). As for 40m dipole at this height, it doesn't work very well, and finally I became curious enough to overcome my laziness and did some modeling in 4nec2 (4nec2 is popular free antenna modeling software -- get your copy).

All antennas safely inside the house and shutters up on all windows, here is the video from security cam above my door:

"Hamstick dipole" MFJ-2220 deployed on MFJ-1818EX tripod

Intro

This is the second post on phased verticals. If you have not seen the first, here it is >>Half-square antenna....
After half-square antenna, I checked few similar configurations, adding phasing lines and vertical elements. Here is the popular antenna, usually called "double half-square":

As you see, it is basically 2 half-square antennas put together and fed in the center. The length of the phasing lines is still L/2, so left and right radiators emit in phase:

I am going to test a stealth antenna hidden in the trees close to my condo building. For that, I am looking into half-square design which supposedly will be able to provide some directivity/rejection at low height I am limited to. Here in this post I will be dumping my finds and 4NEC2 models.

The basic design we'll start from:

It had been just one month of my HF activities but it feels like I have been doing this for a very long time. I had, and still have, an immense fun playing with my equipment, making my first contacts, sending and receiving QSL cards and chasing DX stations.

I know my signal report was not perfect with my home-brew small antennas and modest 100 watts -- so thank you for taking my call guys:

and here is how you create it: