My ASCII drawing was a little messed up. Someone sent me a
better way to do it.
Let me try again using his style.
> If you simply parallel the dipoles at the feedpoint with no phase
> shift, the pattern would be just like a single dipole with maximum
> radiation at right angles to a line bisecting the in-phase wires.
>
> So if you have ends like this from a top view:
>
A
I
I
I
X-------------------------------Z
I
I
I
B
If you feed these two dipoles so X and A (and Z and B) are in-
phase, the pattern will be a figure 8 flat on the page with the main
lobes upper right and lower left.
If you feed these dipoles so X and B (and Z and A) are in-phase,
the pattern will be a figure 8 with the main lobe upper left and lower
right.
The only way you get an "omni" pattern is with a 90 degree phase
shift at the feedpoints. Otherwise your "crossed dipole" is just a
bow tie dipole laid flat, with a conventional dipole-like pattern.
That should be clearer I hope now that I stole a better ASCII
drawing.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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