College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 22 - Conceptual Questions - Page 861: 8

Answer

The radio waves will have an electric field with a horizontal polarization.

Work Step by Step

If the radio waves are transmitted from a horizontal electric dipole antenna, then the electric field will oscillate horizontally as the wave propagates. The radio waves will have an electric field with a horizontal polarization.
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