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Harmonic radiation level

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 7:22 am
by OgreVorbis
How necessary are low pass filters? Dipoles are not matched at their harmonics, right? But how much of a mismatch is it exactly and how many extra dB are reduced by the antenna type?

I'm specifically interested in dipole and 1/4 ground plane antennas fed with 50 ohm.