"Richard Fry" wrote in message
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An antenna * system * does not need to have X number of degrees to be
resonant. It only needs to have ~zero reactance at its feedpoint --
which, for electrically short AND long radiators can be achieved by use of
a suitable matching network.

Such networks don't add or subtract electrical degrees, however. They
only reduce/cancel the natural reactance of the physical radiator in use.

RF

The above post is without doubt, the clearest, cleanest and to the point
statement of any made to date in this whole silly chain of posts! It
demonstrates a clear and firm grasp of antenna theory. Something that is so
obviously missing from 99 percent plus of the bulk of posts on the subject!

Dean -- W4IHK