[TowerTalk] 160M vertical dipole ?

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 1/23/2022 11:00 AM, Lux, Jim wrote:

> 
> What's interesting is that the directivity of a infinitely short dipole 
> is 1.5 dBi, and a full size half wave is 2.15 dBi.  So a shortened 
> dipole with capacity hats, loading coils, or matching network will be 
> pretty much the same (within a 1/2 dB) as far as the far field goes for 
> the same center height.
> 

Correction: the gain of an infinitely short dipole is actually
10 LOG 1.5 = 1.76 dBi, so there is even less difference than you implied.

73
Rick N6RK