Fig 1 – Current and voltage distribution on a half wave dipole
Fig 2: Typical VSWR plot for a half-wave dipole
Fig 3: A typical dipole antenna installation
Fig 3: A typical dipole antenna installation
Fig 4: Antenna insulators: (a) egg insulator, (b) ‘dogbone’ or ribbed insulator used here as a dipole centre piece
Fig 5: An inverted-V dipole
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