On 2/5/2011 12:27 PM, K1TTT wrote:
On Feb 5, 5:30 pm, John - wrote:
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.

what about if it is horizontal??? or as art prefers, tipped at some
angle??

Depends on which way it's pointing. If North, positive half cycles go
West and negative half cycles go East.

If it is tipped to an undefined angle, the positive and negative half
cycles get confused and the electrons refuse to jump off. This makes it
good only for receiving.