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How does the radiation resistance of a short dipole vary with its length?

  • A.As the cube of the length in wavelengths
  • B.Inversely with the length in wavelengths
  • C.As the square of the length in wavelengths
  • D.In direct proportion to the length in wavelengths

Answer: C

Radiation resistance rises as the square of the length measured in wavelengths, so halving a short antenna quarters its radiation resistance while its loss resistance falls barely at all. That is the whole difficulty of small antennas expressed in one relation. The same square law means that raising the frequency of a fixed physical antenna improves its radiation resistance rapidly, which is why a whip that is hopeless at one frequency can be efficient an octave higher.

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