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E/M radiation from a short vertical aerial
On 07/03/15 09:34, Jeff wrote:
Since a vertical aerial that I described initially emits all three of these waves, I was interested in the relative amounts of the RF power supplied to the antenna that goes into each. For example, does the sky wave component take 90% of the power, leaving 10% for the space and surface waves? What phenomena control this? You are missing the point Spike, the antenna has no knowledge of how the power that it radiates will propagate. It all depends on how much power leaves the antenna at what angle, and what angle the antenna is positioned relative to ground. All the antenna has is a polar response of how much power is radiated at what angle. It is that angle and the way the atmosphere reacts at any particular time that controls the propagation of waves. This can vary with time of day etc. What controls the polar diagram is the physical dimensions of the antenna, the height above ground, the conductivity of the ground, the proximity of other objects, and other factors. Thanks for the comments, Jeff. Perhaps I'm not being clear enough. Look at the issue this way.... While it's clear that the totality of the e/m emissions from from the antenna depend on factors such as length, height, and ground, (and I originally assumed a particular set-up in the OP) there are three distinct methods by which such a transmission can be received: the sky wave path to a distant receiver, a space wave to a line-of-sight receiver (that could easily be outside the surface wave range) and the surface wave to a receiver tucked into the far side of a hill with no sky wave or space wave path. It can be expected that increasing the transmit power will increase the received signal at all three locations, but the question I'd like to see answered is: what proportion of the power supplied to the antenna goes to each of these three phenomena, which all arise every time the transmitter is keyed. They might all be connected by the conditions you mention, I'm not suggesting they aren't, but for the set-up I originally described, what are the proportions of the power supplied to the antenna that contribute to each? Or, to put it in yet another way...There might only be one 'wave' launched from the set-up, that propagates in three different 'modes' (for the want of a better word); so what controls the relative power/energy with which each 'mode' is propagated? The case I'm particularly interested in is the short-rod vertical not connected to ground, in the MF/low-HF bands, as might be found in a /M set-up. -- Spike "Hard cases, it has frequently been observed, are apt to introduce bad law". Judge Rolfe |
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