on 2/27/02 3:21 PM, Jon Stone at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Kevin, > >> on to the strongest signal......also....raising the antenna straight up > will >> sometimes fix a problem because the side lobes of the radiation pattern > are >> the strongest....always remember that the worst radiation off of a > verticle >> is directly off the end of the antenna....Don't point the end of the > antenna >> at the airplane.. > > Isn't this only true for a "normal" antenna? Where most of the RF radiates > perpendicular to the antenna's axis. > > I was under the impression that for a ducky antenna, most of the radiated > energy is directly out of the end of the antenna. > > Jon Stone > > > In reality, the radiation pattern fires off from the general base/side of the antenna because of the ground plane.... Most duckies are helically wound antennas...they still do most of the radiating off the base/side....
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