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English: Three dimensional far fieldradiation pattern of a three-eighths (0.625) wavelength vertical monopole antenna over a perfectly conducting infinite ground plane. This is a common antenna because at this length a monopole radiates the maximum power in horizontal directions. Monopole antennas longer than this are seldom used because at greater lengths the power radiated horizontally decreases rapidly and more power is radiated into the sky in the high angle lobes. The pattern has two lobes; a main donut-shaped lobe in horizontal directions and a smaller conical lobe with maximum at 60° into the sky. The graph is axially symmetric about the antenna's vertical axis, and is resting on the ground plane. The origin of the coordinates is where the axis intersects the ground plane. The distance of the surface from the origin in any direction is proportional to the magnitude of the electric field (signal strength) radiated in that direction. From dipole equation in Balanis, 2005, Antenna Theory 3rd Ed. p.172, eq. 4-62a
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Radiation pattern of a monopole antenna three-eighths wavelength long