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What is a biconical antenna's chief property?

  • A.Its impedance is set by cone angle and so is broadband
  • B.Its pattern is a single very narrow beam along the axis
  • C.It radiates only circular polarisation
  • D.It requires no feed at all, being self excited

Answer: A

An infinite biconical structure is defined entirely by angles, so it presents the same impedance at every frequency, and a truncated practical version is broadband over many octaves. Its pattern resembles a fat dipole, broadside with axial nulls, rather than a narrow beam. It radiates linear polarisation and needs a feed like anything else. The idea that a structure specified only by angles is frequency independent also underlies the log periodic and spiral antennas.

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