Tom Osborne wrote:
What I was
> wondering,
> what happens if you put an end fed zepp antenna up vertically. Feeding it
> at the bottom, just like if it was horizontal. I'm sure the pattern would
> be totally different from a vertical. You never see an all band antenna
> like that, vertical. 73 and Merry Christmas.
>
> Tom W7WHY
I am assuming "end fed zepp" refers to an end fed half wave.
I did a comparison of half wave verticals vs quarter wave verticals
posted at: http://www.n6rk.com/ground.pdf. There is basically
no difference except that you don't need radials with the half wave vertical.
Rick N6RK
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