On 1/23/2022 11:00 AM, Lux, Jim wrote:
What's interesting is that the directivity of a infinitely short dipole
is 1.5 dBi, and a full size half wave is 2.15 dBi. So a shortened
dipole with capacity hats, loading coils, or matching network will be
pretty much the same (within a 1/2 dB) as far as the far field goes for
the same center height.
Correction: the gain of an infinitely short dipole is actually
10 LOG 1.5 = 1.76 dBi, so there is even less difference than you implied.
73
Rick N6RK
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