Reg Edwards wrote:
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Reg Edwards wrote:
There is a 3-phase transmitter feeding a 3-phase antenna via a
3-wire
transmission line.

The antenna consists of three 1/4-wave horizontal radiators spaced
at
120 degee intervals.

Is the radiation pattern in the horizontal plane perfectly
omni-directional?
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Reg.

Hi Reg, Is the 3-phase transmitter balanced with the output
current
equal magnitude, and the phase angle exactly 120 degrees? Is the
3-phase antenna fed via a 3-wire transmission line, or three equal
length transmission lines? Us Amateurs don't have a lot of
experience
with 3-wire coax. Are the horizontal radiators 1/4-wave, or 1/2
wave?
If they are 1/4 wave, or 1/2 wave and spaced 120 degrees in the
horizontal plane, doesn't that form an equilateral triangle? So,
you
are feeding a triangular antenna whose sides are 1/4-wave in the
centre
of each side with balanced 3-phase rf energy?
Even if you clarify this is I still won't know the answer to your
question until I model the array.
Gary N4AST
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The three antenna wires are like the spokes of a wheel, spaced at 120
degrees, and each 1/4-wave in length. All in the horizontal plane.

The transmission line is balanced about ground and each of the line
wires is connected to one of the three antenna elements at the center
of the wheel. There's no need to pull the line wires apart at the end
of the line.

What is the radiation pattern in the horizontal plane?

Also what is the equivalent load impedance between each of the line
wires.
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Reg.
Ok, I was thinking in terms of a Delta configuration, and you were
thinking of a Star Configuration. Need more time. Did you consider a
Delta (triangle) configuration when you thought this up?
Gary N4AST