Thread: Low-angle Elevation Gain of a 1/4-wave Vertical Monopole
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Old November 30th 08, 11:57 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Low-angle Elevation Gain of a 1/4-wave Vertical Monopole
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:20:33 -0800 (PST), Richard Fry
wrote:

showing that the greatest single-hop range for skywave
signals occurs from the radiation of the monopole at elevation angles
of less than ten degrees.

Which is uniformly poorer by 12 dB than that launched at 40°.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC
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