The radiation pattern is the direction or direction'''s''' where the signal will be emit (or received).
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The radiation pattern is the direction or direction'''s''' where the signal will be emitted (or received).
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The dispersion
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So for a given transmission power, a directional antenna would send the signal further than an hemisphere antenna. Indeed, directional antenna would concentrate all the power is one direction where as hemisphere antenna would spread the same power all around.