Bill Turner wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
Make the "dipole" multiple wavelengths long. The major lobes will move
toward the ends of the "dipole". (I say "dipole" because it is then
actually electrically a polypole.)

Doesn't the word dipole just mean there are two halves of opposite
polarity? How do you figure "polypole" just because of multiple
wavelengths?

A *physical* dipole is two halves of opposite polarity.
An *electrical* dipole has two major radiation lobes. A multi-
wavelength physical dipole has more than two major radiation
lobes and is therefore not electrically a "dipole". It's
splitting hairs but I try to differentiate between the two
meanings by including the proper adjective.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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