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The so-called gap problem in antenna theory is considered critically. It is shown that whereas there exist problems related to transmission-line end-effect and coupling between antenna and line, there is no gap, and hence no gap problem, when a physically realizable complete transmitting system is considered rather than an antenna with a fictitious mathematically convenient driving mechanism.
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Ronold W. P. King (1955) studied this question.
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