[TowerTalk] re Radials

[Bill Coleman]

On Jun 18, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Bill Turner wrote:

> At 03:20 PM 6/18/2006, Bill Coleman wrote:
>
>> Did I say that there's no radiation or pattern in other directions?
>> No, I didn't say that.
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> Yes you did. Here is your original quote. Read it again:
>
> "They have to be at least 1/4
> wave above ground before the radiation pattern is anything but
> straight up."

If you look at the whole pattern, the gain lobe is straight up. It  
looks like a snow cone.

This description should be obvious to anyone who has done any  
modelling at all.

If you want to receive signals 20-30 dB down from low angles, by all  
means, put up that low dipole....

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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