"Count Floyd" wrote in message
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On using a long wire of about 50' stretched between two poles with the
ends directly north and south, will I get the signal from the sides(W
and E) or from the ends?
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We need more information.
1. Frequency the antenna will be used on. The antenna's electrical length,
and therefore the pattern changes with frequency.
2. Height above ground. If the antenna is less than 1/2 wavelength at a
given frequency, the pattern is pretty much omnidirectional.

Dale W4OP