Radiating Efficiency
Reg, I meant 36 radials. The 26 is a typo.
Frank
Here are the results from the analysis of a 36 radial system.
All dimensions and parameters are the same as for the single
radial antenna as you defined above:
0.6 m -- Radial Z = 37.3 - j 28.1 -- Efficiency 15%
0.8 m -- Radial Z = 30.5 - j 21.0
1.0 m -- Radial Z = 26.2 - j 16.9
1.2 m -- Radial Z = 23.2 - j 14.2
1.4 m -- Radial Z = 20.9 - j 12.4
1.6 m -- Radial Z = 19.1 - j 11.1
1.8 m -- Radial Z = 17.6 - j 10.1 -- Efficiency 21.0%
2.0 m -- Radial Z = 16.2 - j 9.4
2.2 m -- Radial Z = 15.1 - j 8.8
2.4 m -- Radial Z = 14.0 - j 8.4
2.6 m -- Radial Z = 13.0 - j 8.0
2.8 m -- Radial Z = 12.1 - j 7.7
3.0 m -- Radial Z = 11.3 - j 7.4
3.2 m -- Radial Z = 10.4 - j 7.1 -- Efficiency 24.5%
3.4 m -- Radial Z = 9.7 - j 6.8
3.6 m -- Radial Z = 8.9 - j 6.5
3.8 m -- Radial Z = 8.2 - j 6.2
4.0 m -- Radial Z = 7.5 - j 5.8
4.2 m -- Radial Z = 6.9 - j 5.5
4.4 m -- Radial Z = 6.4 - j 5.1
4.6 m -- Radial Z = 5.8 - j 4.7
4.8 m -- Radial Z = 5.4 - j 4.3
5.0 m -- Radial Z = 5.0 - j 3.9 -- Efficiency 27.8%
5.2 m -- Radial Z = 4.6 - j 3.5
5.4 m -- Radial Z = 4.3 - j 3.1
5.6 m -- Radial Z = 4.0 - j 2.7
5.8 m -- Radial Z = 3.7 - j 2.3
6.0 m -- Radial Z = 3.5 - j 2.0
6.2 m -- Radial Z = 3.3 - j 1.6
6.4 m -- Radial Z = 3.1 - j 1.3
6.6 m -- Radial Z = 3.0 - j 0.9
6.8 m -- Radial Z = 2.9 - j 0.6
7.0 m -- Radial Z = 2.8 - j 0.3
7.2 m -- Radial Z = 2.7 + j 0.01
7.4 m -- Radial Z = 2.6 + j 0.3
7.6 m -- Radial Z = 2.6 + j 0.6
7.8 m -- Radial Z = 2.6 + j 0.9
8.0 m -- Radial Z = 2.5 + j 1.1 -- Efficiency 31.1%
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10.0 m -- Radial Z = 3.0 + j 3.3 -- Efficiency 32.6%
Where I have shown the efficiency as sky wave power
out. The input impedance is that of all radials, so for
a single radial the input Zr must be Ztr * 36.
Frank
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