[TowerTalk] Simulation of Mismatched Antennas
leewells@lexmark.com
leewells@lexmark.com
Tue, 1 Sep 1998 14:43:13 -0400
At K5GW's recommendation, I wrote a little program to simulate
line loss, reflections, etc. The program will print a line each time
the wave travels the length of the line. It displays the amount of power lost
in the line, and absorbed by the load. Below are a couple of runs
using Steve Best's numbers from his experiments. The end values
are almost identical. If anyone wants the C source code, let me know and
I can provide it.
The programs assumes 100% of the power is reflected at the tuner end.
The reflected power at the antenna is a function of SWR:
power refl coeff = ((SWR-1)/(SWR+1))^2
73
--Lee - KT4ZX
===== RUN 1 ======
Input Power: 100.00000 watts SWR 1.32000 : 1 Line loss: 1.64000 db
Power Reflection Coeffecient (antenna to line) = 0.01902
Line loss coeffecient = 0.31451
Iter direction loss pwr xfer_pwr refl_pwr total_xfer total_loss
1 to Ant 31.45118 67.24468 1.30414 67.24468 31.45118
2 to Xmit 0.41017 0.89397 67.24468 31.86134
3 to Ant 0.28116 0.60115 0.01166 67.84583 32.14251
4 to Xmit 0.00367 0.00799 67.84583 32.14618
5 to Ant 0.00251 0.00537 0.00010 67.85121 32.14869
6 to Xmit 0.00003 0.00007 67.85121 32.14872
7 to Ant 0.00002 0.00005 0.00000 67.85125 32.14874
8 to Xmit 0.00000 0.00000 67.85125 32.14875
9 to Ant 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 67.85125 32.14875
10 to Xmit 0.00000 0.00000 67.85125 32.14875
Total power delivered to antenna is 67.85125 watts
Total power lost in line is 32.14875 watts
==================
===== RUN 2 ======
Input Power: 100.00000 watts SWR 8.74000 : 1 Line loss: 1.64000 db
Power Reflection Coeffecient (antenna to line) = 0.63149
Line loss coeffecient = 0.31451
Iter direction loss pwr xfer_pwr refl_pwr total_xfer total_loss
1 to Ant 31.45118 25.26117 43.28765 25.26117 31.45118
2 to Xmit 13.61448 29.67317 25.26117 45.06565
3 to Ant 9.33256 7.49579 12.84482 32.75696 54.39822
4 to Xmit 4.03985 8.80497 32.75696 58.43806
5 to Ant 2.76927 2.22424 3.81147 34.98120 61.20733
6 to Xmit 1.19875 2.61271 34.98120 62.40608
7 to Ant 0.82173 0.66000 1.13098 35.64121 63.22781
8 to Xmit 0.35571 0.77528 35.64121 63.58352
<snip>
36 to Xmit 0.00000 0.00000 35.91968 64.08032
Total power delivered to antenna is 35.91968 watts
Total power lost in line is 64.08032 watts
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