[BC] Long wire antennas

[Glen Kippel]

On 1/15/08, Gary Glaenzer <glaenzer at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> my recollection is that a half-wave long wire is directional at right
> angles
> to the wire
>
> but then, my memory is............what's that word ?
>
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IIRC, a "long wire," whether end-fed or center-fed sends most of the signal
toward the ends.  A dipole sends the signal toward the sides.