"Richard Fry" wrote in message ...

"Wayne" wrote

Dead on explanation. Some have insisted that inefficiencies
result from antenna size and not from matching challenges.
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Kindly note that the radiation efficiency of an antenna _system_ is related
to its radiation resistance compared to other resistive losses present in
that antenna system.

It is possible to perfectly match the impedance at the feedpoint of an
antenna system to the impedance of the transmission line connected there.
But that antenna system still can have very poor radiation efficiency at
that frequency.

An example of this is a Z-matched, but electrically short vertical monopole
driven against a poor r-f ground connection such as a few buried ground
rods. Most of the available transmitter power is dissipated in the r-f
ground resistance, rather than being usefully radiated as e-m waves.

Duly noted, but the technical point I addressed was a bit different from the
antenna system you describe.

There has previously on the newsgroup been a claim that shortness makes
inefficiency.
To that I say that if for example, 100 watts is fed to a resonant HF dipole,
and 100 watts is fed to a 1 foot long dipole, both radiate 100 watts.
Different patterns, but the power radiated is the same, if you manage to
successfully get the power to the antenna.