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[Mike (KA5CVH) Urich]

Jay Hennigan wrote:

> This isn't exactly correct.  If by "poorly" you mean "with little gain", 
> then the statement has some merit.  Antennas achieve gain by 
> concentrating the signal in the desired direction.  Even omnidirectional 
> antennas such as collinears do this by concentrating energy at the horizon.

Mike wrote

I was trying to be a little tongue in cheek because isn't the definition
of a vertical, "an antenna that radiates poorly in all directions" ? :-)

Mike Urich KA5CVH
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EC - S/E Harris Co.
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