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Old March 13th 07, 04:50 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Richard Harrison Richard Harrison is offline
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Default Nominal Impedance of Loop Antenna

Al wrote:
"Is there a nominal impedance for a loop antenna?"

Kraus` 3rd edition of "antennas" is a good reference.

From page 207 we see the radiation resistance is proportional to the
square of the number of turns.
On page 209 Kraus gives a graph of radiation resistance versus loop
size. We know that radiarion resistance is less the smaller the loop
area. From the graph, a one-wavelength circumference loop slightly
exceeds 100 ohms.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI