[TowerTalk] Why horizontally polarized antennas?

[Al Williams]

I have been using EZNEC for some time but I am not aware that EZNEC 
actually indicates if the radiation is horizontal or vertical.  I probably 
haven't read the manual enough. Please steer me on to it?

k7puc


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Hunt" <steve at karinya.net>
To: "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb at n0nb.us>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Why horizontally polarized antennas?


> We shouldn't assume that just because an antenna is horizontal it
> produces only horizontally-polarized radiation. Take a look at a
> horizontal half-wave dipole with a modelling programme and you'll find
> that the polarization is nearer vertical than horizontal for a
> substantial part of the azimuth.
>
> Steve G3TXQ
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