-- card: 76138 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 4000 -- background id: 4601 -- name: #265 ----- HyperTalk script ----- on openCard global group,rightone put 23 into group put "B" into rightone pass openCard end openCard -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- Question #23 -- part contents for background part 1 ----- text ----- 3BI-6.3 How does the proximity to the ground affect the radiation pattern of a horizontal dipole HF antenna? -- part contents for background part 11 ----- text ----- If the antenna is too far from the ground, the pattern becomes unpredictable -- part contents for background part 27 ----- text ----- If the antenna is less than one-half wavelength from the ground, reflected radio waves from the ground distort the radiation pattern of the antenna -- part contents for background part 28 ----- text ----- A dipole antenna's radiation pattern is unaffected by its distance to the ground -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- If the antenna is less than one-half wavelength from the ground, radiation off the ends of the wire is reduced