Français : L'antenne ground plane ou GPA (Ground Plane Antenna) est un dipôle dans lequel on a remplacé la moitié par un « plan de sol », la moitié conservée étant normale à cette surface. Si le plan de sol est suffisamment grand, le demi-dipôle se comporte exactement comme un dipôle entier (type: dipôle demi-onde λ/2) car sa réflexion dans le plan de sol forme la partie manquante. Dans ce cas, son gain théorique est de 2,14 dBi (où les dBi sont des décibels avec un « i » ajouté pour rappeler qu'il s'agit d'un gain par rapport à une antenne isotrope), la longueur physique est environ égale au quart de la longueur d'onde de la fréquence sur laquelle l'antenne est accordée. Ces brins, disposés en cercle inclinés vers le bas ; en nombre de 3, ils constituent une surface conductrice de l'électricité, même si cette surface n'est pas parfaite pour être alimenté par un câble coaxial de 50 ohms .
English: VHF ground plane antenna. This is a quarter-wave whip (monopole) antenna (white rod at top) with three grounded quarter-wave conductors projecting down from the base of the whip to form a "ground plane". Ground plane antennas have an omnidirectional radiation pattern, radiating equal signal strength in all azimuthal directions, with the radiated power maximum in a horizontal direction and decreasing with elevation angle to zero on the antenna axis. The ground conductors serve to increase radiated power in the horizontal direction to twice the gain of a dipole, or 5.19 dB. If the ground plane wires extended out horizontally from the base of the monopole the impedance would be half that of the dipole, or 36.5 ohms. However the downward slant of the ground plane wires serves to increase the antenna impedance, so the antenna is a good match for the 50 ohm coaxial cable feedline.
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