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Re: [Antennaware] Help with modelling phased Flags

To: "Guy Olinger, K2AV" <olinger@bellsouth.net>,<Antennaware@contesting.com>,"David Gould" <david.gould@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [Antennaware] Help with modelling phased Flags
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:20:00 -0500
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I don't have the latest ON4UN book, but I have an end-fire array of two K9AY 
loops pointed NE, phased 180 degrees and spaced 130 feet.  I'm just starting to 
evaluate it in the real world.  I chose 180 because it is absurdly easy to set 
the phasing at that value just by transposing one winding of the matching 
transformer, and because 180-degree phasing is least affected by any mismatch 
between the antennas and the transmission line.  It yields a pattern that is a 
little different, but the overall RDF is pretty decent.

73, Pete N4ZR

  At 06:16 PM 12/18/2005, Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote:
>If you are using EZNEC and have the wire structure for the flags, 
>setting phase is easy.
>
>1) model each flag with a source record (the two sources will be 
>assumed to be fed in parallel).
>
>2) on the Sources window set the offset flag to "160" under "Phase".
>
>This will allow you to check out the model and get your understanding 
>of the phasing confirmed.
>
>Since these two antennas are lossy, the interaction will be very 
>slight, and assuming attention is paid to equal construction and 
>getting a 50 ohm feed, the usual two to one devices will work, with 
>160 degrees more 50 ohm coax to the flag doing the lagging.
>
>Guy.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "David Gould" <david.gould@btinternet.com>
>To: <Antennaware@contesting.com>
>Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 5:05 PM
>Subject: [Antennaware] Help with modelling phased Flags
>
>
>> My antenna modelling with EZNEC has been limited to simple antennas.
>>
>> I no longer have access to the land I used to use for beverages so
>> would like to try a pair of end-fire flag antennas as described by
>> ON4UN in his latest edition (4) of his "Low Band Dxing" (Fig 7.137,
>> Page 7.95).  I can model the basic wire structure, but do not know
>> how to go about modelling the feed arrangement where the phasing
>> angle needs to be 160degs.
>>
>> I would like to ask if anyone would volunteer to act as a "mentor" 
>> to
>> give me some help to get started on this project,  any offers of 
>> help
>> would be much appreciated.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dave, G3UEG
>>
>>
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