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What is the relationship between gain and directivity?

  • A.Gain equals directivity for every practical antenna
  • B.Gain is directivity multiplied by the aperture area
  • C.Gain is directivity multiplied by radiation efficiency
  • D.Gain is directivity divided by the standing wave ratio

Answer: C

Gain accounts for the power lost in the structure, so it is the directivity reduced by the radiation efficiency, and the two are equal only for a lossless antenna. A well made reflector may be ninety-nine per cent efficient so the distinction hardly matters, while a small electrically short antenna may be a few per cent efficient and the difference is enormous. Mismatch is usually accounted separately as realised gain, and aperture area enters the formula for directivity rather than this relation.

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