General · FCC ELEMENT 3

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General · FCC Element 3 · answer reveals automatically

How does the feed point impedance of a horizontal 1/2 wave dipole antenna change as the antenna height is reduced to 1/10 wavelength above ground?

AnswerIt steadily decreases

As a horizontal half-wave dipole is brought very close to ground, its feed-point impedance generally decreases.