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degen BBQ lobe ?
Hi,
I 'd like to know what is the opening of the Degen BBQ main lobe (2-element HF quad). Even the manufacturer website doesn't provide this info, only the gain, 11 dBi. Maybe something like 30° wide ? Can someone confirm ? Thanks in advance 73 Thierry, ON4SKY http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry |
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Hi Thierry,
Thank you for pointing this out, I'll post some plots in the next couple of days. You will find that, if you download the TCA article it does show some plots. While we are proud of the 11dBi gain, it must be correctly reference to a dipole and the gain is about 4dBd (depending on the band). This is mainly do to the reason that we compare our modelled antenna with the modelled Dipole (on the same software) to give fair value. This ensure any form of errors in gain are cancelled out correctly instead of using the typical 2.1dbi value for a Dipole and providing a falsely unrealistic value. I'll also send you a copy of the charts for your records. 73, Guenther VE3CVS www.degendesigns.com Hi, I 'd like to know what is the opening of the Degen BBQ main lobe (2-element HF quad). Even the manufacturer website doesn't provide this info, only the gain, 11 dBi. Maybe something like 30° wide ? Can someone confirm ? Thanks in advance 73 Thierry, ON4SKY http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry |
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Guenther, VE3CVS wrote:
"This ensure any form of errors in gain are cancelled out correctly instead of using the typical 2.1 dbi value for a Dipole and providing a falsely unrealistic value." Gain is always measured with respect to some reference antenna. The isotropic is a hypothetical antenna so the usual practice is to use a 1/2-wavelength reference antenna. Gain is a power ratio which is equal to the voltage ratio squared. When dBd or some other reference is not specified, dBi is presumed. Kraus says the 1/2-wavelength resonant antenna`s gain over the isotropic is 1.64. This appears on page 454 of the 1950 edition of "Antennas". Terman was Kraus` consulting editor. Terman says the same as Kraus on page 871 of the 1955 edition of "Electronic and Radio Engineering". Directive gain ignores losses. "Power Gain" as wsed to determine effective radiated power takes into account loss in the antenna used. The reference antenna is considered lossless. The dB gain figure calculated from a 1.64 power ratio is shown on page 2-12 of the 19th edition of the ARRL Antenna Book. Gain in the 1/2-wavelength dipole`s best direction is shown as 2.14 dBi. 0 dBd is identical to 2.14 dBi. No false or unrealistic values obtain from using either reference. Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI |
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Hi Richard,
I have no argument with your statement and I believe the value of 2.14dbi gain for a dipole (determined by people far more knowledgeable than I in these matters) However, you will find that modelling software sometimes does some weird and wonderful things. Depending on the modelling software used (and how it used), the 1/2 wave dipole mentioned can modelled with a gain of approx. 4 to 7dBi. So one could falsely assume that a dipole has a gain of (lets use the average of 6dBi minus 2.14 dBi) of 3.86dBd. Which I agree is incorrect. The point I was trying to make, was that to correct for this minor variation in modelling characteristics, compare the dipole optimized for the same frequency with that of the antenna designed with both numbers calculated dBi and then manually calculate the difference to achieve realistic dBd value. While I would love higher gain values compared to a dipole, I feel that to fairly represent what we are doing, we should be honest in our comparison by comparing items on the same playing field, which is why we provide our gain values in both dBi and dBd using the above method. Now before anyone takes offence that I am blaming software. No, I'm not. I couldn't live without them as they save thousands of hours in development. Hopefully, this clears up my earlier statement. Best Regards, Guenther VE3CVS www.degendesigns.com "always willing to learn and hopefully never to dumb to stop learning" "Richard Harrison" wrote in message ... Guenther, VE3CVS wrote: "This ensure any form of errors in gain are cancelled out correctly instead of using the typical 2.1 dbi value for a Dipole and providing a falsely unrealistic value." Gain is always measured with respect to some reference antenna. The isotropic is a hypothetical antenna so the usual practice is to use a 1/2-wavelength reference antenna. Gain is a power ratio which is equal to the voltage ratio squared. When dBd or some other reference is not specified, dBi is presumed. Kraus says the 1/2-wavelength resonant antenna`s gain over the isotropic is 1.64. This appears on page 454 of the 1950 edition of "Antennas". Terman was Kraus` consulting editor. Terman says the same as Kraus on page 871 of the 1955 edition of "Electronic and Radio Engineering". Directive gain ignores losses. "Power Gain" as wsed to determine effective radiated power takes into account loss in the antenna used. The reference antenna is considered lossless. The dB gain figure calculated from a 1.64 power ratio is shown on page 2-12 of the 19th edition of the ARRL Antenna Book. Gain in the 1/2-wavelength dipole`s best direction is shown as 2.14 dBi. 0 dBd is identical to 2.14 dBi. No false or unrealistic values obtain from using either reference. Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI |
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Guenther, VE3CVS wrote:
"I feel that to fairly represent what we are doing, we should be honest in our comparison by comparing items on the same playing field, which is why we provide our gain values in both dBi and dBd using the above method." That should be beyond impeccable. It is almost fool proof if free-space conditions are specified or if the incremental placement gain is itemized for a fair comparison. In measuring gain you can place the reference dipole in the same location or at the same height at a similsr location to that of the device under test. When I`ve done that it was satisfying to get test results which met expectations. It proved performance of the new antennas. Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI |
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