Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18923 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2002 15:43:04 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO warrior.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 2 Jan 2002 15:43:04 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 8642 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2002 15:43:05 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 2 Jan 2002 15:43:05 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16LnVU-0006XJ-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2002 15:40:44 +0000 Received: from mail2.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([134.58.10.50]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16LnVT-0006XD-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2002 15:40:43 +0000 Received: from LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be (LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.80.15]) by mail2.cc.kuleuven.ac.be (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g02FdPSK017816 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:39:25 +0100 Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.20020102163621.3cf79e04@pb623250.kuleuven.be> X-Sender: pb623250@pb623250.kuleuven.be X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (16) Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 16:36:21 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" Subject: Re: Re LF: what's in a name In-reply-to: <17d.197ec5b.2964705e@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: At 09:17 2/01/02 EST, you wrote: >And, is the unipole/monopole nondirectional or omnidirectional? > >Mike W2AG > Hello Mike, Maybe omnidirectional means that the antenna radiates equally in all directions of the horizontal circle while nondirectional would mean that it radiates equally in really all directions (up-down / left-right). I believe the only nondirectional antenna is a (fictive) isotropic radiator. 73, Rik ON7YD