Length
Whip antennas are normally designed as resonant antennas. Therefore the length of the whip antenna is determined by the wavelength of the radio waves used. The most common length is one-quarter of the wavelength, called a quarter-wave whip (although this type of antenna is often shortened by the use of a loading coil; see Electrically short whips below). For example, the common quarter-wave whip antennas used on FM radios in the USA are approximately 75 cm long, which is roughly one-quarter the length of radio waves in the FM radio band, which are 2.78 to 3.41 meters long. Half-wave whip antennas are also common.
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