Topband: Monopole Radiation Patterns, takeoff angles etc

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I think Carl may have his time line backwards. In the 20s and early 30s 
many stations used various forms of wire antennae including dipoles and 
various cage designs. During the 30s Dr Brown and colleagues studied and 
tested various vertical radiators and ground systems. The result of that 
work remains the underpinning of most MW radiators and a substantial 
amount of it ultimately became part of FCC rules and standards in many 
other parts of the world. Some stations continued with their wire 
antenna into the 40s and some paid a penalty of having stations moved 
into the natural nulls of a dipole.

On 5/6/12 6:18 PM, Kevin wrote:
> WHO-AM (1040 KHz) still uses the modified Franklin.
> Their 50KW covers the entire state of Iowa + during the day and goes
> international at night.
>
>
> On 05/06/2012 11:31 AM, ZR wrote:
>> The BCB stations migrated from 1/2 and 5/8 wave antennas, diamond shaped
>> towers, and mountain tops by the early to mid 30's as they started to
>> understand how things worked...or didnt.
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>>
> -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H
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