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V Beam, do they work?
wrote in message oups.com... I've been modeling V beams off and on for a few years now, and never can seem to get one that has useful gain. Has anyone seen a successful model anyplace of a two or three wave V with good gain?? 73 Tom Hi Tom, I have a model of a 5 wavelength 24MHz Vee beam in AO- I can send the file if it is useful to you. AO reports 11dBi free space gain. Included angle appears to be 44 degrees. Dale W4OP |
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V Beam, do they work?
Dale Parfitt wrote: wrote in message oups.com... I've been modeling V beams off and on for a few years now, and never can seem to get one that has useful gain. Has anyone seen a successful model anyplace of a two or three wave V with good gain?? 73 Tom Hi Tom, I have a model of a 5 wavelength 24MHz Vee beam in AO- I can send the file if it is useful to you. AO reports 11dBi free space gain. Included angle appears to be 44 degrees. I don't have AO Dave, so a description will work. That sounds like the problem I am seeing. With a 3-5 WL long V, I have about the same gain as a three element Yagi. But I'll still try to model your antenna with 5wl legs and 44 degree angle. Thanks. |
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V Beam, do they work?
wrote in message oups.com... Dale Parfitt wrote: wrote in message oups.com... I've been modeling V beams off and on for a few years now, and never can seem to get one that has useful gain. Has anyone seen a successful model anyplace of a two or three wave V with good gain?? 73 Tom Hi Tom, I have a model of a 5 wavelength 24MHz Vee beam in AO- I can send the file if it is useful to you. AO reports 11dBi free space gain. Included angle appears to be 44 degrees. I don't have AO Dave, so a description will work. That sounds like the problem I am seeing. With a 3-5 WL long V, I have about the same gain as a three element Yagi. But I'll still try to model your antenna with 5wl legs and 44 degree angle. Thanks. Hi Tom et al, This is from the AO library: F=24.94 The vertex is at the origin: 0,0 X,Y of 1st leg is 185.44', -74.92' #12 wire X,Y of 2nd leg is 185.44', 74.92' #12 wire Fed at the origin and modeled in free space AO reports Z= 255- J706 Forward gain= 11.34dBi F/B 2.70dB Hope this is useful, Dale W4OP |
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V Beam, do they work?
Dear Tom:
It appears that you are investigating a slopping, V-beam with a feed point at about 90 meters and an operating frequency of, say, 1.82 MHz. When first used some 80 years ago, V-beams were horizontal (or, alternatively, entirely in a vertical plane). Two more 90 meter poles are not likely to be in the picture. The good news is that you are apparently interested in a narrow range of frequencies. That is good news because aligning the lobes with their changing polarization and orientation over a significant bandwidth is like composing something to compete with Mozart. Even using one frequency, it is a bear to get a slopping V to do one's bidding. I would limit lengths to integer multiples of 0.5L that could fit your farm. I would optimize a single, end fed wire (over ground) and in the process find a narrow range of lengths that look promising and that fit your site. Then add, and drive, the second wire. Iteration is called for. I would use a figure of merit that is the gain at a TOA of something like 30 degrees. Kraus, even in the first edition, presents several approximate equations to optimize a horizontal rhombic. They may give a little guidance. I think I read a Technical Report in the mid 60s on measurements of a sloping V put out by either NBS or ESSA. I seem not able to put my finger on it just now. As mentioned, the difficulty with sloping wires is finding a "good" bore-site addition of fields from the two wires when those fields are, to a first approximation, in the shape of cones with changing polarization. It is more easy with horizontal wires. If I live long enough to retire from teaching, this is a type of project that would be interesting to investigate. But I only have 42 years in and my good wife is certain that I could not stand the pace of retirement. Do let us know what you come up with. Good luck. 73, Mac N8TT Two side notes: My friend, HS and University classmate, and great DXer W8TWA has used a set of sloping V-beams on HF to good effect. -- As you know better than almost anyone, one needs a height in the neighborhood of 2L to get serious signals from a horizontally polarized antenna at the lower TOAs used for DX. You may find that your best sloping V-beam has a strong vertically polarized component in the main beam. |
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