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E9C04
What happens to the radiation pattern of an unterminated long wire antenna as the wire length is increased?
Pick an answer to check it.
Answer: B. Additional lobes form with major lobes increasingly aligned with the axis of the antenna
As a long wire gets longer, it forms more lobes. The main lobes swing closer to the direction of the wire itself.
Tip: Longer wire, lobes move toward the wire.