I'm curious. How do you use a Smith chart to find an antenna impedance?

There certainly are programs specifically designed to find such things
as antenna impedances. The free EZNEC demo program from http://eznec.com
would be adequate and ideal for your purpose.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Bob D. wrote:
I haven't used a Smith Chart in over 30 years, and to say the least, I'm a
bit rusty. I'm thinking there must be computer programs that can do the
calculations with values you just plugs in. Any recommendations? I'm
specifically interested in finding the impedances of antenna whips much
shorter than 1/4 wave.