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 | | A "loaded antenna" is an active antenna having an elongated portion of appreciable electrical length and having additional inductance or capacity directly in series or shunt with the elongated portion so as to modify the standing wave pattern existing along the portion or to change the effective electrical length of the portion. |
 | | Antennas, more specifically, are passive conducting masses, which may be in the form of a metallic current conductor, waveguide, or space discharge. |
 | | To act as an antenna, the mass usually has a particular shape and size, or may have electrical circuit elements, namely resistance, inductance, or capacitance, associated with it. |
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