[Elecraft] Long wire antennas

[Bill Frantz]

I'm not sure this is correct.

I stumbled over a 6M opening on New Years Eve. I managed a FT8 
QSO with VE2XK - FN07 (LotW verified) from California = CM97, 
using my K3 with the internal tuner at 100W into a 160M center 
fed dipole at about 36 feet. I became curious about the pattern 
with this antenna on 6M so I ran a quick cocoaNEC model. It 
shows lots of spikes with a major lobe along the length of the 
wire with about 20 degrees elevation. That lobe was well aimed 
for the contact, as my 160M dipole runs close to east/west.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 1/10/18 at 8:40 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:

>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.

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