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October 16th 08, 02:24 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

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Basic Antenna Question

In article ,
"James" no wrote:

I will answer his question, since no one else has answered it accurately and
succintly.

In broad, general terms, that longwire will receive best from the sides
(from the West and East).

It will also pick up signals from the ends, but not as strong as from the
sides.

Yes, total wire length and height above ground changes this broad principle,
but the broad principle remains the same. The long wire will receive at
least somewhat better off the sides (in your case, West, and East).

The OP's post is not on my news server. You did not reference his post
or quote it so I'll just comment and what you wrote.

The problem here is how long is "long" and how high is "high". My best
answer is "long" is around a wavelength or less at the low end of the SW
spectrum and that "high" is less than a wavelength. Based on these
assumptions the antenna will have lobs that look up and so for that
reason the wire will look fairly nondirectional.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

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