"Dan Richardson @mendolink.com" ChangeThisToCallSign wrote in message
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On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 22:12:24 -0500, "H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H"
wrote:

You just can't beat a resonant antenna for radiation.

Eh? You mean a 1¼-wave (non-resonate) dipole radiates less than a
¼-wave resonate dipole?

Strange in that a 1¼-wave dipole has 3 dBd gain.

Danny, K6MHE


Antenna resonance implies a purely resistive impedance at the feed point.
Both 1/2 wave and 3/2 wave dipoles are resonant.
I don't know what a "1/4-wave resonate dipole" is.
A dipole is 1/2 wavelength long at it's fundamental resonant frequency.
"Gain" is merely a re-distribution of the radiation pattern.
73
H.
NQ5H