In rec.radio.amateur.antenna gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
"Wayne" wrote in message
...

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.

The ratio of radiation resistance to ohmic resistance will give the lie to
your claim.

I make all my short antennas out of superconductors so they do not have
ohmic resistance.

--
Jim Pennino