"Cecil Moore"
What textbooks say that? EZNEC says that a 3 meter
tall monopole has a maximum gain of 1.5 dBi on 160m
while a 38 meter 1/4WL monopole has a maximum gain
of 1.36 dBi. In other words, they radiate approximately
equally well both with high radiation efficiencies.

The problem is not with the antenna's ability to
radiate. The problem is in getting the RF energy
into the antenna.

The problem is not with losses in the antenna. The
problem is finding an efficient j2250 inductor for
the matching network.
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Radiation resistance, and the r-f resistance in the path for induced ground
currents back into a practical antenna system have a larger effect, though.
Here are some numbers for two vertical monopoles of about the same scale of
height to width.

If in both cases the matching network has a 2 ohm loss, there is a 10 ohm
loss in the r-f ground connection, and both antenna systems present a 1:1
match to the tx, then with equal tx power output the peak power actually
radiated by a 1/4-wave monopole will be about 65X (18 dB) greater than by a
3-meter monopole on 160 meters.

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