Vertical Antennas
Vertical antennas are omnidirectional, meaning they receive signals from all directions. This can be a great feature when operating in emergency conditions, or when wanting to send a signal to multiple areas of the world. The negative impact of a vertical is that they can be very “noisy” due to those very same signals. Verticals are single element and as the name suggests, the element points vertically. Verticals generally do not offer gain, nor do they reject signals, like a dipole or Yagi would.