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Amateur Extra Class (Element 4) • 2024-2028

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Question E9C05

From subelement E9 - E9C

E9C05
Answer: A

What is the purpose of feeding an off-center-fed dipole (OCFD) between the center and one end instead of at the midpoint?

ATo create a similar feed point impedance on multiple bands
BTo suppress off-center lobes at higher frequencies
CTo resonate the antenna across a wider range of frequencies
DTo reduce common-mode current coupling on the feed line shield