![Cheap Antennas - Dipole vs Vertical? What's Best? Cheap Antennas - Dipole vs Vertical? What's Best?](https://i3.ytimg.com/vi/ZZWzyypqqjM/hqdefault.jpg)
They both work differently. A dipole will generally produce excellent gain perpendicular to the dipole element and a vertical will display an all-around-gain. BUT it all depends on the frequency and the height above ground. Let’s take off the covers and find out. Callum, M0MCX.