A quarter-wave monopole radio antenna (also called a Marconi antenna) consists of a long conductor of one quarter the length of the transmitted wavelength. The lower end of the antenna is connected to a conducting ground plane (often simply the Earth) which reflects the transmitted signal, creating an effective antenna length of a half wavelength. (a) What must be the height of the antenna (in m ) for a radio station broadcasting at 509 kHz? m (b) What must be the height of the antenna (in m) for radio stations broadcasting at 1,500 kHz? m

A quarter-wave monopole radio antenna (also called a Marconi antenna) consists of a long conductor of one quarter the length of the transmitted wavelength. The lower end of the antenna is connected to a conducting ground plane (often simply the Earth) which reflects the transmitted signal, creating an effective antenna length of a half wavelength. (a) What must be the height of the antenna (in m ) for a radio station broadcasting at 509 kHz? m (b) What must be the height of the antenna (in m) for radio stations broadcasting at 1,500 kHz? m

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A quarter-wave monopole radio antenna (also called a Marconi antenna) consists of a long conductor of one quarter the length of the transmitted wavelength. The lower end of the antenna is connected to a conducting ground plane (often simply the Earth) which reflects the transmitted signal, creating an effective antenna length of a half wavelength. (a) What must be the height of the antenna (in m ) for a radio station broadcasting at 509 k H z ? m (b) What must be the height of the antenna (in m ) for radio stations broadcasting at 1 , 500 k H z ? m

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