You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.
The Feb 2025 Radioddity Giveaway Results are In! Click Here to see who won!

Reply to thread

Message

A 1/2 wave dipole does have some gain over a typical 1/4 wave vertical, but nothing like 5 or 6 dB's worth. It doesn't matter if it's hunk horizontally or vertically, it's still 'some' gain not a lot. Of course, that depends on the type of vertical doesn't it.
As for a full wave length dipole, there's no particular benefit to it. The radiation get's really 'odd', that pattern isn't 'linear', it starts to get cut up into lobes and nulls quickly.
Now if you want to make that full wave length 'dipole' into a loop, that can certainly be a different story.
- 'Doc

[QUOTE="W5LZ, post: 403351, member: 129"] A 1/2 wave dipole does have some gain over a typical 1/4 wave vertical, but nothing like 5 or 6 dB's worth. It doesn't matter if it's hunk horizontally or vertically, it's still 'some' gain not a lot. Of course, that depends on the type of vertical doesn't it. As for a full wave length dipole, there's no particular benefit to it. The radiation get's really 'odd', that pattern isn't 'linear', it starts to get cut up into lobes and nulls quickly. Now if you want to make that full wave length 'dipole' into a loop, that can certainly be a different story. - 'Doc [/QUOTE]

Top Bottom