Re: [Elecraft] Fw: antennas for Susan

<< An antenna is usually called by its ELECTRICAL properties, and if tophats, loading, etc present current magnitudes and phases associated with a halfwave, it will usually be called a halfwave. Some will refer to a halfwave with a lot of loading as a loaded or shortened halfwave.>> If we have a

Re: [Elecraft] Fw: antennas for Susan

An antenna is usually called by its ELECTRICAL properties, and if tophats, loading, etc present current magnitudes and phases associated with a halfwave, it will usually be called a halfwave. Some will refer to a halfwave with a lot of loading as a loaded or shortened halfwave. The pattern, howev

Re: [Elecraft] Fw: antennas for Susan

> How is an antenna that is shorter than 1/2 wavelength called a half > wavelength antenna? Marketing department. Does adding loading coils really turn it back into a > 1/2 > wavelength antenna? Only in the marketing department. > Seems to me that the current distribution and resulting radiati

[Elecraft] Fw: antennas for Susan

I know it's off topic but I have a question. How is an antenna that is shorter than 1/2 wavelength called a half wavelength antenna? Does adding loading coils really turn it back into a 1/2 wavelength antenna? Seems to me that the current distribution and resulting radiation pattern woul