Extra exam question E9D09

WhyA loading coil in an electrically short antenna resonates the antenna by cancelling its capacitive reactance. A loading coil's function in an electrically short antenna is to resonate the antenna by adding inductive reactance that cancels out the excess capacitive reactance an electrically short element otherwise has, bringing the antenna back to resonance so it can be fed efficiently, answer D. It doesn't increase SWR bandwidth (loading typically narrows it), doesn't specifically lower losses or Q, a loading coil's core job is that reactance-cancelling resonating function.