Roy Lewallen wrote:
Alan Peake wrote:


If one were to find lossless material (superconductors?) for the short
antenna and it's corresponding matching network, what would happen as
the antenna became shorter and shorter compared with the half-wave
dipole? Would it simply approach an isotropic radiator?
Alan


No. The answer can be found in any antenna textbook,
....
etc.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL


Thanks Roy. Unfortunately, since I retired, I no longer have access to
Jasik, Kraus etc. So, thanks for the answer. I should have realised that
a dipole of any length is still a dipole and as such will not radiate
off it's ends. Mind you, Eznec shows the average dipole, less than
half-wave above ground, goes pretty close to an isotropic radiator for
all practical purposes
Alan