On 1/7/2019 10:39, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Radiator lengths greater than 1/2 wavelength can be efficient, but shorter than 1/2 wavelength will be less efficient because the balanced currents on the feedline cancel each other out. That is just plain physics.
Actually, a short antenna CAN be very efficient, as long as the resistance of the antenna itself is low and the losses in the matching network are low. I didn't say it was easy, though.
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