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Old May 6th 10, 09:00 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Szczepan Bialek Szczepan Bialek is offline
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Default What exactly is radio


"K1TTT" wrote
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On May 3, 7:25 am, "Szczepan Bialek" wrote:
Radio waves from the dipole are polarized. Does it mean that light is
emitted by a dipoles?


sure, why not? but polarized waves can be emitted from other things
also.


We can shield the one end of the dipole.


no you can't.

A whip antennas on a car is not such?

Why the dipoles exhibit the directional pattern?


because they do, its well measured and accurately described in the
equations.

Are the measured and the calculated from the equations in agreement?

S*