General · FCC ELEMENT 3

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General · FCC Element 3 · answer reveals automatically

Which of the following is a common way to adjust the feed point impedance of an elevated quarter-wave ground-plane vertical antenna to be approximately 50 ohms?

AnswerSlope the radials downward

Sloping the radials downward on an elevated quarter-wave ground-plane vertical raises the feed-point impedance from roughly 36 ohms toward 50 ohms.