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ANTENNAS AND FEED LINES · Antennas: vertical and horizontal polarization, concept of antenna gain, definition and types of beam antennas, antenna loading, common portable and mobile antennas, relationships between resonant length and frequency, dipole pattern

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Which of the following types of antennas offers the greatest gain?

  1. A5/8 wave vertical
  2. BIsotropic
  3. CJ pole
  4. DYagi
Why A Yagi is a beam antenna: a driven element plus parasitic reflector and director elements that concentrate radiated energy into one direction. Focusing power into a narrower beam is exactly what antenna gain means, and a modest Yagi easily delivers 6 to 10 dBi or more, far beyond any omnidirectional whip. The other antennas listed radiate roughly equally in all horizontal directions, so they have little or no directional gain.
Watch out The isotropic radiator is the tempting one, but it is a theoretical point source that radiates equally in every direction with 0 dBi gain by definition; it is the reference all other gains are measured against, not a high gain antenna. A 5/8 wave vertical and a J pole give only a small amount of gain by squashing the pattern toward the horizon.
Gain means squeezing the pattern. Isotropic = 0 dBi reference; only the multi-element beam (Yagi) really focuses.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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  1. T9A01 What is a beam antenna?
  2. T9A02 Which of the following describes a type of antenna loading?
  3. T9A03 How is the polarization of an antenna described?
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  5. T9A05 Which of the following increases the resonant frequency of a dipole antenna?
  6. T9A06 Which of the following types of antennas offers the greatest gain?
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  8. T9A08 Why is a 19-inch-long vertical antenna often used on 2 meters?
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  10. T9A10 In which direction does a half-wave dipole antenna radiate the strongest signal?
  11. T9A11 What is antenna gain?
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