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FDTD

EFHW HT antenna functions without additional counterpoise

January 1, 2021September 14, 2018
EIRP measurement of laboratory reference dipole, FT1D stock antenna and MFJ-1714 antenna.

EIRP measurements of the 2m end-fed half-wave HT antenna from MFJ aids understanding a dipole is a dipole no matter where you feed it.

Categories Antennas Tags 2m, dipole, EFHW, EIRP, end-fed, FDTD, FT1D, measurement, MFJ, MFJ-1714, Simulation, Tiger Tail, yaesu

Of fields and feedpoints

June 14, 2019December 31, 2016

Understanding how feed position along the half-wave dipole antenna affects the electric and magnetic fields around it.

Categories Antennas Tags AA5TB, Balanis, capacitance, dipole, E-field, EFHW, FDTD, Griffith, H-field, high impedance, Kirchhoff, link, link coupling, LNR, Simulation, Terman, voltage

J-Pole Antenna – Should I ground it?

September 24, 2018January 28, 2012
Impedances competing for current in a J-Pole

To function as intended, the J-Pole antenna needs RF electrical isolation from its mount. Here’s why and in technicolor no less.

Categories Antennas Tags FDTD, J-Pole, Kirchhoff, Simulation

Simulations of Classic & Broadband Hexbeam – The Movie

January 6, 2019July 22, 2010

FDTD reveals Hex Beam behavior with real movies of magnetic and electric fields in time.

Categories Antennas Tags 10m, 15m, 20m, FDTD, G3TXQ, hexbeam, Simulation, Traffie

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