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Here is how how I figured the ratio of power in the fundamental to
power in the square wave, which contains the fundamental and lots of
really odd harmonics:
The power of an AC coupled 1 volt square wave drives into 1 Ohm
is = (Vpp/2)^2
Where Vpp is the peak-to-peak voltage of the square wave.
The RMS value of the fundamental frequency component of that square
wave is
= ((4/Pi) (Vpp/2*SQRT(2)))^2
That makes the ratio of the power in the fundamental component to the
total power in the Square wave =8/(Pi^2), or about 81.1%. That
would
mean that at best, 81.1% of a square wave driven into an antenna
resonant
at the fundamental frequency would be available to drive the antenna
resistances (Ohmic + radiation resistance).
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