I know that nobody asked for it ... these images show the current flow and radiation pattern for a half wave dipole antenna:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_(radio)

 

Hello,

If you are looking for antenne info, the internet archive has a couple of books about it:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=electronics antenna&and[]=mediatype:"texts"

Also the AC6V site has a lot of info for you:
http://ac6v.com/antprojects.htm

Bertus

 

At least link the animated images. They are kinda neat:

 

... It was several years ago .... One of the better sun spot cycles ... I operated a HW-101 on 20 meters ... A roof top dipole. My conception of the di-pole 'mechanics' was rudimentary at best.

 

I don't believe a dipole works that way. I look at it as an EM field transducer/converter. I believe it converts angular fields to linear fields and visa-versa. I think it acts like a sling. It swings an arc.....then releases it straight out. This sling can catch too.......and it swings an arc as it catches a straight field.

I'll bet if we could paint an EM wave........slow it down........and watch it go by.........we all would be surprised.

 

I don't believe a dipole works that way. I look at it as an EM field transducer/converter. I believe it converts angular fields to linear fields and visa-versa. I think it acts like a sling. It swings an arc.....then releases it straight out. This sling can catch too.......and it swings an arc as it catches a straight field.

I'll bet if we could paint an EM wave........slow it down........and watch it go by.........we all would be surprised.

In fact, I was surprised by the color green. I was thinking more like chartreuse, myself. A green E-field? Seriously?

 

https://www.osapublishing.org/Direc...8-10-10029.pdf?da=1&id=199171&seq=0&mobile=no

http://www.opticsexpress.org/viewmedia.cfm?URI=oe-18-10-10029-1

 

@BR-549
I think you may be correct about the E-field orientation. It is not as depicted in the diagram. As the electron current traverses the wire from center to end, the E-field would be radially directed, going outwards, and the magnetic field would be circumferential in nature, about the wire.
Maybe the diagram is just suggesting the relative magnitude of the E-field. It is misleading though.
... Thanks for pointing that out ...

 

https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/basic-antenna-working-doubt.97391/#post-726328
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/basic-antenna-working-doubt.97391/#post-726486
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/about-half-wave-dipole-antenna.131352/#post-1084660