Antenna (radio)
Due to reciprocity (discussed above) the gain of an antenna used for transmitting must be proportional to its effective area when used for receiving. Consider an antenna with no loss, that is, one whose electrical efficiency is 100%. It can be shown that its effective area averaged over all directions must be equal to l2/4p, the wavelength squared divided by 4p. Gain is defined such that the average gain over all directions for an antenna with 100% electrical efficiency is equal to 1. Therefore, the effective area Aeff in terms of the gain G in a given direction is given by:
what could an antenna with complete electrical efficiency be said to have?
no loss
Consider an antenna with no loss, that is, one whose electrical efficiency is 100%.
an antenna