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Old September 10th 15, 07:05 PM posted to uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default The nature of Free Space (Once called, "The Lumeniferous Aether")

"Brian Morrison" wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:27:38 +0100
gareth wrote:

What is the nature of free space such that it requires antennae to be
at least 1/4 wave
before accepting radiation efficiently?


There is no requirement of this nature, the only reason for relatively
large antennas is to achieve an input impedance that makes power
transfer into the antenna relatively efficient.


That is a side issue of the phenomenon