power response of dipole questions

[thadman]

I was previously under the impression that dipoles maintained consistent and homogeneous power response throughout their passbands (assuming the driver had not started beaming), but I neglected to include the influence of the "dipole gain" at lower frequencies. How does the gain affect on and off-axis response?

Also, I was wondering the -X dB @ Y hz points for a dipole was (above the dipole peak, it should have consistent power response). In my basic understanding of power response, I came to realize that most drivers are omnidirectional 1 octave below the fundamental wavelength of their diameter (ie flat power response below this frequency). I also thought that dipole drivers may be able to ascend higher in frequency with consistent power response since some of their horizontal dispersion is already cancelled by the rear wave. If we could take the driver up to a certain point where it began beaming and achieved same power response as a dipole (ie less of the sidewave was cancelled since the driver was beginning to beam, but it matched the response. We achieve the same power response through different means, cancellation and beaming). This concept is really hard for me to convey, so please ask questions if you have any clue as to what I'm talking about.

[thadman]

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