if it is insulated wire it must be cut, if its not then it doesn't. though
you will see some effect of folding it back even with insulated wire it
won't be the same as cutting the wire shorter.

"wb5cys" wrote in message
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Considering a wire dipole (or inverted V) does bending the end of a leg
back and wrapping it around itself electrically shorten the antenna or
must it be cut in order to change the resonant frequency?