Physics (5th Edition)
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Author: James S. Walker
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Chapter 25, Problem 38PCE
A television is tuned to a station broadcasting at a frequency of 2 04 × 108 Hz For best reception, the rabbit-ear antenna used by the TV should be adjusted to have a tip-to-tip length equal to half a wavelength of the broadcast signal. Find the optimum length of the antenna.
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