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Old February 5th 11, 05:30 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
John - KD5YI[_3_] John - KD5YI[_3_] is offline
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Default A small riddle, just for fun

On 2/5/2011 11:18 AM, Szczepan Bialek wrote:

Wimpie mentioned a monopole. Dipole = two monopole.

What does monopole radiate?



Depends. If the monopole is pointed upwards, it radiates positive half
cycles of RF. If pointed downwards, negative half cycles are radiated.