[TowerTalk] Vertical Dipoles

[Rob Atkinson]

I don't think there is any relevance in comparing an inverted V to a
vertical dipole.

More important is the comparison between vertical monopoles and
vertical dipoles.  See this paper by Gandhi, Lazzi and Furse.  Note
especially the paragraph following equation 1:

http://www.ece.utah.edu/~ece3300/Labs/lab3/MONOPOLE ANTENNAS.pdf

The pertinent statement is that a monopole has twice the power density
of a dipole.  "....this gives a directivity or gain of the monopole
antenna that is twice that for the double-length dipole."

It is also important to go to the end of the paper and study the
figures and plots.

73

Rob
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