OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNA

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Antennas — Omnidirectional Antenna

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An omnidirectional antenna is one that transmits and receives power equally in all directions, in contrast to the omnidirectional antenna that transmits and receives power preferentially in a particular direction. In other words, the radiation pattern of a direction antenna is spherical.
     Sometimes, the term omnidirectional antenna is used for an antenna that is omnidirectional in a particular plane. In this case, the radiation pattern of the antenna is circular in that plane.
     Directional antennas may be either narrowband or broadband.

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