Explain loop antenna with neat sketch. Draw radiation pattern. State its advantages and applications.

Explain loop antenna with neat sketch. Draw radiation pattern. State its advantages and applications.
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Loop antenna:-The single turn coil carrying RF current through it having length less than the wavelength.

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Advantages:-

1. highly directive

2. Small size

Applications:-

1. For direction finding

2. In portable receivers

3. In navigation 

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