Find the length of an antenna operating at 500 kHz, if the antenna is one-forth of the wavelength?

1 Answer
Feb 17, 2018

use c=nulambda

Explanation:

c=nulambda implieslambda=c/nu
here, c=speed of signal(em wave)= 3*10^8ms^-1
nu=frequency of signal=500kHz=5*10^5Hz
thereforewavelength of signal=lambda=3*10^8/(5*10^5)m
given that, length of antenna=lambda/4=1/4*{3*10^8/(5*10^5)}m=3*10^2/2m=300/2m=150m