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Radiation resistance of a small dipole current element of length l at a frequency of 6 GHz is 9 ohms. If the length is changed by 5%, then the percentage change in the radiation resistance?
The short dipole antenna is one that is short when compared to a wavelength at the operating frequency.
Radiation resistance of short dipole element is given by formula:
where; R is radiation resistance
L is physical length of element
is wavelength and is given by of which c is speed of light and v denotes frequency
From the formula of radiation resistance, we can say that
In out question, frequency(v) is constant, and so wavelength is constant. So only variable in the formula is length.
Therefore we can write .
Let the radiation resitance before change in length is R1 and after change in length is R2. Also let the length of element before change is L1 and after change is L2.