Hertzian dipole fixed-current power scaling

ID: hertzian-dipole-fixed-current-power-scaling

A uniform electrically short current element of length with sinusoidal peak current has electric dipole moment amplitude . The mean electric dipole radiation power is , so fixing current makes it proportional to , rather than . Current, charge excursion and dipole moment are different quantities to hold fixed when comparing antennas. The approximation requires and does not impose the nonuniform standing-current profile of a long antenna.

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