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Radiation resistance is a fictitious resistance that represents?

  • APower radiated by the antenna
  • BOnly conductor heating loss
  • CDielectric breakdown
  • DFeed-line reactance only
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Correct Answer: A. Power radiated by the antenna
Explanation: Radiation resistance is defined so that the power attributed to it equals the antenna's radiated power for the specified current convention.
Reference: Standard antenna and wave propagation: antenna resistance
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