The zig/zag wire pieces do, however, not contribute to the far field
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This is news to me!
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radiation. Given the same feed current, the meandered dipole radiates
less then the full HW one, so the radiation resistance goes down.
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Meander antennas are waht happens when you try to put a 80M antenna in
a 20M backyard.
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or 160M into a shoebox (connect the dots)
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73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC