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Question 503

What is antenna efficiency?

  1. Radiation resistance divided by transmission resistance
  2. Radiation resistance divided by total resistanceCorrect answer
  3. Total resistance divided by radiation resistance
  4. Effective radiated power divided by transmitter output

Explanation

Power fed to an antenna divides between radiation resistance, which represents energy that leaves as radio waves, and loss resistance in conductors, insulators, matching components and the ground. Efficiency is the fraction that goes to radiation, so it is radiation resistance divided by the total of radiation plus loss resistance.

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Question 503: What is antenna efficiency? · FCC Amateur Extra Class (Element 4) · Questena