Antenna effect
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Alternative terms: Vertical (deprecated), Vertical effect (deprecated)
The impairment in the definition of the observed bearings, or the error therein, or both, due to the imperfection of electrical symmetry in a receiving system which is designed to be electrically symmetrical (e.g. a loop antenna direction finder).
Note: The antenna effect is usually limited to the vertical antenna effect in loop antennas.
Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)
