How Antennas Receive
This brings us to talking about how to receive signals, and this is where we look at antenna shapes and sizes. As you probably figured out, shapes and sizes of antennas are determined by the frequency and polarization of the signal you’re trying to catch.
Let’s look at how to receive horizontal and vertical polarization first (the simplest). Just like the broadcasting antenna, these are best received by monopole or dipole antennas.
You may notice that the length of the antenna is explicitly depicted in both figures; this is ...
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