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Question 537

What happens to SWR bandwidth when one or more loading coils are used to resonate an electrically short antenna?

  1. It is increased
  2. It is decreasedCorrect answer
  3. It is unchanged if the loading coil is located at the feed point
  4. It is unchanged if the loading coil is located at a voltage maximum point

Explanation

A loading coil restores resonance at one frequency by cancelling a reactance that changes very rapidly with frequency on a short antenna. That rapid change is high Q, so the range over which SWR stays low narrows, no matter where the coil is placed.

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