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Why are antennas coiled?
The coil is built to have an inductive reactance equal and opposite to the capacitive reactance of the short antenna, so the combination of reactances cancels. When so loaded the antenna presents a pure resistance to the transmission line, preventing energy from being reflected.
Do antennas have to be straight?
Don’t do that. When it comes to antenna signals, we say they are polarized in a particular way. In other words the waves travel sideways or up and down. In the US, all TV signals are horizontally polarized, which is why you have an antenna that sits flat in order to receive them.
What are coils used for?
coil, in an electric circuit, one or more turns, usually roughly circular or cylindrical, of current-carrying wire designed to produce a magnetic field or to provide electrical resistance or inductance; in the latter case, a coil is also called a choke coil (see also inductance).
How do coil antennas work?
Some antennas are made of loops of wire. These antennas detect the magnetic field rather than the electric field. Just as a magnetic field through a coil of wire is produced by the current in that coil, so too a current is induced in a coil of wire when a magnetic field goes through that coil.
How an antenna is wired?
What are the types of wire antennas?
The types of wire antennas include Half-wave dipole, Half-wave folded dipole, Full-wave dipole, Short dipole, and Infinitesimal dipole. All of these antennas will be discussed in further chapters.
What do you mean by an antenna enlist different types of antennas?
Antennas can be classified in various ways. The dipole, monopole, array and large loop antenna types below typically function as resonant antennas; waves of current and voltage bounce back and forth between the ends, creating standing waves along the elements. Aperture antennas can be resonant or not.
What is Hertz antenna?
The dipole antenna is cut and bent for effective radiation. The length of the total wire, which is being used as a dipole, equals half of the wavelength (i.e., l = λ/2). Such an antenna is called as half-wave dipole antenna. It is also known as Hertz antenna.