"Roy Lewallen" wrote in message
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Roy Lewallen wrote:
. . .
. . . An infinitesimally short dipole has a directional pattern which is
similar to that of a quarter wave dipole, just a little fatter. That's
why its gain is a little less.
. . .

I really meant "half wave dipole", although the statement is still true as
written.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

The input impedance of a 0.05 wavelength monopole, over a perfectly
conducting ground plane, is
0.836 - j1331. Using a shunt "L" series "C" matching network -- inductor Q
of 300 -- indicates a
network loss of 9 dB.

Frank