Dipole Antenna
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Dipole Antenna
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A straight radiator,
usually fed in the center, and producing a maximum of radiation in the plane
normal to its axis. The length specified is the overall length.
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Common usage in microwave
antennas considers a dipole to be a metal radiating structure which supports a
line current distribution similar to that of a thin straight wire, a half wavelength
long, so energized that the current has two nodes, one at each of the far
ends.
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This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
