[Elecraft] Long wire antennas

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Ron, 


What you've come to understand is absolutely false except for the 
special case of a long wire close to the ground. That special case 
is called a Beverage antenna that radiates vertically polarized 
radiation off the ends. 


When you raise a long wire antenna more than about 0.05 wavelengths 
above the ground, horizontal polarized radiation becomes dominant 
and the radiation pattern always has a deep null off the ends. 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz> 
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 4:08:40 AM 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Long wire antennas 

Understand that a true "long wire" (greater than 1 wavelength) starts to be 
directional off of its end (if fed at one end, that's the opposite end). 

73, Ron AC7AC 

-----Original Message----- 
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rich Arland 
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 6:02 PM 
To: William Levy; Elecraft Reflector 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Long wire antennas 

And in a previous posting Sir William of Levy stated: 


"COSMIC rule of antennas! The more wire the better. Always." 


Hear....Hear!!!!! Dilly, Dilly!!!! Right arm, dude!!!! 


Vy 73 es gud DX! 

Rich Arland K7SZ 
Cogito ergo CQ (I think therefore, I HAM) 

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