On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:41:20 -0600, Tom Ring
wrote:

Nope, it will be much much less than dipole in almost every direction
except the direction of the wire. There is only so much energy to go
around, and most of it is going in the forward or forward/backward
directions, depending on termination of the wire.

"You cannu break the laws of physics, captain!" - Only a half wave
dipole will act like a half wave dipole.

tom

Hello Major Tom,

Count down, systems on. You haven't modeled have you?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC