Don-
I modeled it in EZNEC.
It shows that the azimuthal pattern is shaped very similar to a regular
dipole, but the lobes are centered on
a line that bisects the 90 degree angle formed by the two legs. In other
words, if your dipole has legs that run N-S and
E-W, the directions of max gain is at 45 and 225 degrees, and the gain is
equal both ways.(no f/b)
73
Tom
K0SN
On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 5:11 PM Don <w7wll@peak.org> wrote:
> Question for the antenna gurus on this site.
>
> I don't have any modeling SW nor experience with such SW. With that
> known, I have a question about a horizontal 1/2 wave dipole at a single
> height.
>
> I understand the radiation pattern for a straight dipole, old school.
>
> What I want to know is the pattern when a dipole has one leg 90 degrees
> from the other, again at a single height (not an inverted V). Would it
> be similar to a quadrant antenna, and almost omnidirectional? A friend
> contends not, that the quadrant antenna is a full wave dipole, not a 1/2
> wave and the pattern would be askew but not omni.
>
> Answers?
>
> Don W7WLL
>
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