Amateur Extra · FCC ELEMENT 4

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Amateur Extra · FCC Element 4 · answer reveals automatically

What happens to the radiation pattern of an unterminated long wire antenna as the wire length is increased?

AnswerAdditional lobes form with major lobes increasingly aligned with the axis of the antenna

As an unterminated long wire becomes electrically longer, additional lobes form and the major lobes move increasingly toward the wire axis.