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bob85 posted: "I may be reading the article wrong...."

in 1966 wolf claimed that the effective area of a monopole antenna is twice that of the corresponding dipole. everyone was taught this and bought into it when it was obvious to many that it was erroneous. this went on for 31 years.

in 1997 j.c. logan and j.w. rockway demonstrated that the effective area of the monopole antenna was instead one-half that of the effective area of the dipole.

this was the big news because with equal power applied to both antennas, the antenna with half of the effective area will produce a signal that is 3 dB. stronger than the antenna having twice the effective area.

the 1/4w. monopole is ground mounted and the dipole is tested @ multiple, above ground feedpoint heights.

[QUOTE="freecell, post: 766894, member: 30"] bob85 posted: "I may be reading the article wrong...." in 1966 wolf claimed that the effective area of a monopole antenna is twice that of the corresponding dipole. everyone was taught this and bought into it when it was obvious to many that it was erroneous. this went on for 31 years. in 1997 j.c. logan and j.w. rockway demonstrated that the effective area of the monopole antenna was instead one-half that of the effective area of the dipole. this was the big news because with equal power applied to both antennas, the antenna with half of the effective area will produce a signal that is 3 dB. stronger than the antenna having twice the effective area. the 1/4w. monopole is ground mounted and the dipole is tested @ multiple, above ground feedpoint heights. [/QUOTE]

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