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AMATEURRADIO "......, _.'''' ,.,", "",-", ;~~;r8ljiiot;ContentS ~~:~;>;~;:,:~.r·.~:·t::.::~".'~.:r:~:~~~~~:!::'~: ~ ;::~:;,,' Chapter I IntroductiontoAntennas Chapter 2 The Half-Wave Dipole Antenna in Free Space Chapter 3 The Field From a Dipole Near the Earth Chapter 4 TheImpedance of anAntenna Chapter 5 TransmissionLines Chapter 6 Making Real Dipole Antennas Chapter7 The Field From Two Horizontal Dipoles Chapter 8 The Field From Two Vertical Dipoles Chapter 9 TransmissionLines asTransformers Chapter 10 PracticalTwo Element AntennaArrays Chapter 11 Wideband Dipole Antennas Chapter 12 Multiband Dipole Antennas Chapter 13 Vertical Monopole Antennas Chapter 14 Arrays ofVertical Monopole Antennas Chapter 15 Practical Multielement Driven Arrays Chapter 16 Surface ReflectorAntennas Chapter 17 Surface Reflector Antennas You Can Build Chapter 18 Antenna Arrays With Parasitically Coupled Elements Chapter 19 The Yagi-Uda or Yagi,Parasitically Coupled Antenna Chapter 20 Practical Yagis for HI' and VHF Chapter 21 Log Periodic Dipole Arrays Chapter 22 LoopAntennas Chapter 23 Loop Antennas YouCan Build Chapter 24 Antennasfor Microwave Applications Chapter 25 Vehicle Antennas Chapter 26 AntennaMeasurements Appendix A Getting Started in Antenna Modeling with E7flEC Appendix B UsingDecibels in Antenna Calculations Index The national association for Amateur Radio Theseed for AmateurRadio W~planted in the 1890s.whenGuglielmoMarconi began hisexperimentsinwireless telegraphy.Soon hewasjoinedb}'dozens.thenhundreds,ofotherswhowereenthusiasticaboutsendingandreceiving messagesthroughtheair- somewithacommercialinterest,bUIotherssolelyOUIofitJoveforthisnewcommunications medium.TbeUnited statesgovernmentbeganlicensing AmateurRadiooperators in 1912. By 1914,there were ltM)lJ1l:4fIdsofAmateurRadioeperators-c-hams-c-intheUnitedStates. HiramPercyMaxim.a leading Hartford,Connecticutinventor and industrialist,sawthe needforan organizationlobandtogetherthisfledg linggroupofradioexperimenters.In:\tay 1914he focnded the AmericanRadio RdayLeague (ARRL)10 meetthai reed Today ARRL, ....ith approximately ISO.ooomembers, i~ the largest orgiilli71ltKln ofradio amateun in the United Swes.1bcARRLisa not-for·profitorganization that: •promotesinterestinAmateurRadloconununic:ations:1I1dexperimentation •representsUSradioamatcun;inlegi~lativematters,and •maintainsfraternaljsmandahigh!>1andardofconductamong ArnaletJrRadiooperators. AI ARRl headquartersinIhcHanfordsuburbofNewingwo. !be staffhejpsservetheneedsofmembers. ARRl i!> also InLemaJiooalSecretartaefor theInternarjonalAmateur Radio Union.whichismade upofsimilarsocieties in 150 countriesaroundthe world. ARRLpublishesthemonthlyjournalQST.aswellasnewslettersandmanypublicationscovering1111aspectsofAma teurRadio.Its headquartersstation,WIAW,transmusbulletinsofinteresttoradioamateursand:\{UfSCcodepractice sessions.The ARRLalsocoordinatesallextensi...cfieldoeganizanon,which includesvolunteerswhoprovide technical intormanonandomersupportservices forradioamateursas well a~cornmunicarion.sfor public-service activities.In addition,ARRL representsUSamateurs withthe Federal CommcnirauonsCommissionandothergovernmentagen ciesinthe US andabroad. MembershipinARRL~muchmorethanreceivingQSIeecbmonth.Inadditiontotheservicesalreadydescribed. ARRL offersmembershipservicesonapersonallevel.suchasthe ARRLVolunteer E.u.m.incrCoordineroeProgram and aQSLbureau. Full ARRL membership (available onlyto licensed radioamateurs) gives )'00 a voice in bowthe affairs of the organi7ationarcgoverned.ARRL polky issetbyaBoardofDirectors (ooefromeachof15Divisions} electedbythe membership.Theday-Io-dayoperation ofARRlHQ is managed byao.id Bxecuuve Officer. Nomener~ba1aspectofAIIUlleUfRadioaereosyou,ARRLmembershipisrelevantandimponantTherewould be no AmateurRadioaswe knowittodaywereit notforthe ARRI..We would behappytowelcome you asa member! (AnAmateurRadiolicenseisnotrequiredforAssociateMembership.)FormoreinformationaboutARRLandanswers IIIanyquestions)·oumayhaveabout AmateurRadio,writeorcall: ARRl-lbenationalassociationfor AmateurRadio 225 ~tainStreet cr Newington 061J1-1494 Voice: 860-S94--0200 Fax: 860-S94-0259 E-mail: hq@arrlorg Internet: www.arrLorg/ Proepective newemeteurscall(ton-tree): 800-32·NEWHAM(800-3~3942) You canahacontactus viae-Il'IIDIat ne'Mo'[email protected] Of"cheekOUtARRLWe17at http://w,",w.arrt.llrW Introduction to Antennas ..,. .,'... .~­ _ -~ This Impressivecollection01'antennasIs part ofthe ARRLstation,W1AW Contents SoWhatisanAntenna? 1-2 ConceptsYou'll Need to be FamiliarWrth 1-5 So Whot is 1\nten 011 110 : lorsomething sosimpletocheck out,andoften so simple tomake, an larger E~ctricalSignal antennaisremarkablydifficultfor manypeopleto understand.That's unfortunate,because for many radio systemsthe antennaisone ofthe mostimportantelements, one that can make the differencebetweenasuc cessfulandanunsuccessfulsystem. rransdu"", InpoJl How CanYou Picture (Mkrophoo..) Anlennes? Ag 1-1-Illustration 01'transducerschanging oneform ofenergy Perhaps an analogyfrom The Intoanother. ARRLAnrennaBookwillhelp.You Me familiar withsoundsystems. Whetherrepresentedbyyourhome stereo orby an airportpublicad dress, soundsystemshave onething incommon.Thesystem'slaststopon itswaytoyourearsisatransducer, adevicethat transformsenergy from oneform toanother,inthiscase - a loudspeaker.The loudspeaker transformsanelectricalsignalthat theamplifierdeliversintoenergyin anacousticwavethat canpropagate throughthe airtoyour ears. Modulator DemodUlator A radiotransmitteracts litesame way,exceptthat itsamplifierpro ducesenergy atahigher frequency than the sound you can hear,andthe transducerisanantenna that trans forms the high-frequency electrical energy intoanelectromagneticwave. This wave canpropagate throughair (or space) for long distances. Forsomereason,perhapsbecause ofourfamiliarity with audiosystems Fig1-2- At(A),simpliffedsystem diagramofasonarsystem.At(8), or becauseyoucan actually hear the almplltled systemdlltQrarnofaredar, results inyourears.it seemseasierto grasptheconceptofthe generation electromagneticwaves andtrans parabolic eavesdropping microphone, and propagationofacousticwaves formsthem intoelectricalsignals orthat sonarand radaroperateinthe thanitis tounderstand thegeneration that canbeprocessed inareceiver. same fashion.Sonarreliesonacuus andtransmissionofradio waves. Fig 1-1showsa system orblockdia tic wavespropagatingthrough water The audio transmitteranalogy can gramofasound system with trans to findand reflect backfromunder becontinuedin thereceivingdirec ducers(loudspeakerarulmicrophone) waterobjects,suchassubmarinesor tion.A microphone isjust another ateach end. schoolsoffish. Similarly, radarsends transducer that transforms acoustic Many ofthe phenomenathat act outelectromagnetic wavesthrough wavescontainingspeech ormusic upon acoustic wave",alsn occur with space,listening for signalsreflected into weak electrical signalsthat can electromagnetic waves. Itis notan hack from objectssuch asaircraft. he amplified and processed.Similarly, accidentthat 1Iparabolic reflector space vehiclesor weatherfronts. areceiving antennacaptures weak radarantennalooks verymuchlike a Fi~ 1-2shows simplifiedsystem 1·2 Chapter1 - -. . .., .-::". ~.,: u""""" ,., Y'h"e"'"Curren!eon.ngo..t01PIl9ll ~F.-cIWnIpoiCouI"Mr-Ciod<wse 1--- -' ,- .' Ag '·3- AwireImmersedInthe magneUcfleld ofapermanentmagnet. AtA.Ifeverything is staticthere ls nocurrenlflowInthewire.At B,if C...,.eolFlow you move thewireup and downwnhlnthe-f~d,thewireexperiencesa inCiredlOro ofTt\umb changing magneticfield and currentIsInducedtoflow. diagramsofradarandsonarsystems. your hair stand up.That lam until Whilewe're mentally picturing youdischargetheaccumulationby antennas.perhapsanevenbetter touching3 groundedobject,such as a analogythanacousticwavesisto screwon a light switchplate,oreven compareelectromagneticwavesof Ibclong-sufferingdog''Snose.Then lighttothoseofradio signals.Light thecharge isdissjpated sometimes wavespropagatethroughspaceus quite dramatically-withabigspark. me iog samemechanismsandatthe Similarly,astatic magnetic field samespeedasradiowa...es.Similar exists around apermanentmagnet. parabolic shapescanreflect and focus Youcan observethe effectofmagne both lightandradiowaves.Light tismonacompas..<; needleore..-enon I.} needsapolishedmirrorasareflec a screwdriver, "RQI'll-HandR"· tor.suchasthemirroredrefteciorin Staticelectricand magnetic fields c;l'lICtioroofw..lilroelicnekl AblgCII"'ltClfi'lliJ8fS yourflashlightorcarheadlight Iwill donOI resultinelecrromagreric sometimes drawon your appreciation waves.It is only whenamagneticor Fig1-4- Directionofmagnetic oflightreflectionasIdiscusssome demit fieldis changing that youcan flefd around.wire. typesofantennas. haveelectromagnetic radiation, You are familiar.when you change the canvisualizethe effectbyconsid What's an Electromagnetic ering some other things thatmake currentin thetransformer winding, Wave? uscofelectric and magnetic fields. youcanmovebetweenelectricand Anelectromagneticwave,asthe Fig 1-3 showsa wire immersed inthe magneticfields. nameimplies, consistsofacombina magneticfieldofapermanentmag Direction of Fields tion ofthe properties ofbothelectric net.Ifeverythingisstatic (Fig 1-3A) and magnetic fields. there is nocurrent flow in(hewire.If Both magneticand electric fields you changethe magnetic fieldatthe actin particulardirections. A magnet Static Electric and Magnetic wire bymovingthewire uplinddown icfieldactsaround ihe conductorcar Fields withinthe field (Fig 1-38),thechang ryingthecurrent.Theconvention for ing magneticfiejdcausesa currentto itsdirection isthatifpositivecurrent You are nodoubt familiar with flow,Thisishowanelectricpower is flowingina particulardirection. magnetism and electricityfrom generatortransformsmechanical the magnetic field willgoaround everydayexperience.One kindof energy intoelectrical energy. the wire.assbownin Fig I~A.This magnetism andelectricityisthesuuic You couldcause thesameeffectby can berememberedbycallingon the form.Static electricity isacollection keepingthewire inone positionand right-Iwfldnil" Thisrulesaysthat ofpositiveornegativechargesthat changingthe magnetic fieldaround ifyouhold acurrentcarrying wire are atrestOilabodyuntildischarged it, You coulddothisbymovingthe in yourright hand, ....ith thecurrent byacurrentflow,Thishappens to magnet. but moreinterestingly you goinginthedirection ofyourthumb. yourbodywhen ),OUwalkacrossa couldreplace the permanentmagnet the magnetic field willbeiothe direc rug00 adryday.Inclimateswhere with anelectromagnetandchangethe tion ofyourcurled fingers,as shown the humidity is very low,particularly currentin it.lhisisjust atrans inFig1-4B. during the winter, yourbodycan ac former,somethingwith whichyou Electric fields actbetweenareas cumulateacharge,perhapsmaking Introduction toAntennas 1-3 withcharges ofdifferent sense.That althougharguably itcouldbeused to ........, is.anareawithexcesselectrons measure the drynessofthe carpet.or -~ R.,.,nOelcient.i"nE.l.ec.l,r1ln:!Iis iwshsialeidatnoahraevaehaavnienggataivdeecfihcaiergnecy, of bpuetrhbaoptshtahreelaocbaittioofnaosftyreotucrh.fiTngheer.US .-4• • ••••+ +++.~ electronshas anetpositivecharge. FederalCommunicationsCommis Theelectric field goes from the posi sion(R.'C)classifiesthis kindofra o..-- clihvaerlygecdhaarregae,daasreshaotwonthiennFeiggat1i-v5e.ly dgieanteiorantoasroanfaunniunnuinntdetnddeedmemmeirtt.eTrhise """"RoO ~-_-:_- --- ----:1/ / - required not: tointerfere withlicensed •• Changing Fialds in Space usersoftbe radiospectrum. ~...oMtIl:>::-f~ ""9'"'"'""ItCt-g1'lll Thekeytoelectromagnetic waves Electromagnetic wavesof this son isto understandthat achanging CUf are generated every lime you tum on Fig 1005 - Direction ofelectric rentinspacewill causea changing alightswitchorwhen the span: plugs field between two charged electric field.Thechangingelectric in yourcar fire as the engine turns. In areas. field willin tuminduce achanging thesecases,ratherthanbyingto make magnetic field inspace and the lWO antennas,theresponsibleuserattempts will propagateoutwardfromthe toavoidthepropagationofelectromag or giveitup to areceiver? source,continuingtothe end ofthe netic waves- byshieldingtheengine • Howdoyoucause the radiation universe. compartmentorbykeepinghishandsin from atransmitantennato goin the Thissurprising factwas predicted hispocketas he walkson dry TU!JS. directionyOllwant.orequivalently, howdoyou getareceiveantenna bya number offorward-looking SoWhat ifYou DoWant to toaccept radiation(only) from a scientists. notablyJamesClerke Maxwell in hisTreatise0" f1utriciry Send OutaWave? particulardirection? andMagnLtism,pabtisbedin 1873. lfyoureallywanttotransmita Therearemanyperipheralbu(per. written withoetthebenefitofMax radio signal,youlikelywould like hapsequally important issues, such wenactuallybeingabletoexperience tosenditonaparticularfrequency" as."Howdo)'OUkeepthe antenna the phenomenon.Maxwell'sfamous Note thatthisisdifferentthanthe structurefromfallingdown'! Inthis equationsdefined therelariomhip" waveresultingfrom asperk, as used book, I will focuson theelectrical between currents and fields inacon in \'ef)'early transmitters.Sparks.or iSMJe5andleavethe structural issues cise way that remainsthebasis for all otherfastchangingpulses.contain to mechanicalandcivilengineers, .....orkinthefield. frequencycomponents acrossawide whohave the:toolstodeal withsuch Inthe followingdecade, Hein- radiospectrum. matters. rich Hertz,aprofessorofphysicsat A modemtransmitterstartswithan SoWhy Don't AllWiresWith Germany's KarlsruhePolytechnic electrical currentmatis changing at University,usedanelectricspark to a particularfrequency,Causing that Changing CUlTent Radiate? generate electromagnetic waves.He currentto flowthrough aconductor Well,in fact. they alldo.Inmost was ableto measure their.....avclcngtb willresultin anelectromagnetic wave cases. however,circuits have arerum andvelocity,reinforcingMaxwell's thatvariesatthat frequency"The wiretocomplete thecircuit dose to theoretical work. frequency willbemaintained asthe the first wire,Since both these wires wave propagates from the conductor. carry equalcurrent,they will both How DoYou Make an Ifthesignal isstrongenoughas it radiate equally,butinopposite phase. ElectromagneticWave? reachesareceiving antenna, are Thenet radiationisthusthe sumof Asthe previousd iscussionde ceiver tuned(0that frequencywill be the radiation from thetwo wires.But scribes.it isconceptually easyto able (0 receivethe signaland decode since:they an: equaland opposite. the generateanelectromagneticwave. anyinformation that wasembedded netfield..arealmost 7.eJO- except.in Allyouneed todoistocausea in the signal- Youhave radio! the region between(hem.Thusakey changing current ina conductorand ThisSounds Simple requirementfOf aconductortobe an awave will propagateoutward to the efficientradiatoris thatitshould not What's the Big Deal? end oftheuniverse.Thusifyouwere haveareturn pathincloseproximity. to listencarefullytoaradio when As with manythings,aconcep In thiscontext.dlJS~meansasmall youdischargeyourfinger againsttht' tually simple conceptonlygets fraction ofII wavelength atthe fn: wallswitchplate,you would havea complicatedwhen you try to makeit queocyofthecurrent.A wavelength suddenincrease in currentandarela happenin areally usefulway.There i:oothe distancea "avetravels.during tively short-durationelectromagnetic are reallyonly two basicpractical the limeofonecycle. wavepropagatingfromyOW"finger. issues that arise when dealingwith Theresultingwave would not be antennas: verystrong,nor would itbe very • Howdoyou get the antenna to ac useful.Itcarries little information, ceptthe pmlo'er fromthe transmitter. 1~4 Chapter1 Some Concepts 'II Need to be Familiar YOll With Thisbook isintendedto provide Thusa signal.....-itha frequency of cycle. Inthe above example.dur- abasicunderstandingofantennas,It 3,600,000Hz isthe same as oneof ing the0.278 useethat thesignal wouldbeniceifyoucouldjuststart 3600 kHz or 3.6MHz. takes to completeacycle. itwill here.butyou doneed tohavejusta travel OJ)OO()()()278seconds, x bitofbackgroundin some concepts Period 300,())(),(X)()meterspersecond or fromelectronicsandradiotomake it Period isdefinedas the time it 83.3 meters. That isthe wavelengthof allcometogether.Thesewill be in takes for a wavcfonn tomakea asignal at3.6 MH7" Jwill generally troducedfrom time totime. with the completecycle.Thebasic units are follow industry practiceandusethe hopethatiftheyarenotfamiliar,you seconds,Ifa waveformmalesF Greekletterlambda(i..)[I)indicatea willgobacktosomeofyourearlier cycles inone second.the lime it takes wavelength.Thus, ifsomethingwere referencebookstoreviewthetopic. forasingle cycle isjust llF.Thus, in two wavelengthslong. you wouldsay Tostartwith, youshouldclearly theexampleabove, a3.6MHL signal 2;1... Forhalfawavelength.you would understandthefollowing terms. wouldhave aperiodof1/3.600,000, say iv'2. which is0,o00ooo278 seconds.I A signalcanbedescribedequally Frequency willuse themultiplierofmicrosec well by eitheritsfrequency orits Thisisthe rate at whichan alter OIIdstodescribeevents inmillionths wavelength.It may beofinterestto natingcurrentwaveformorsignal ofseconds, sothe periodwould be note that before the then-new FCC goes tbmugha fullcycle.from zero described as0.278microseconds. startedassigningthe spectrumby voltage tomaximum,back to zero. to often writtenas0.278usee,where the frequency around 1930.the useof voltage minimumand then back to Greek letter Jlisshort for"micro." wavelengthwas morecommon. zero.Thebasic unit ishertz(Hz). A Manyradios ofthe periodhadtheir signalwith a frequencyof1Hzcom Wavelength dials labeledinboth frequency and pletesone cycle every second.You Radiosignals travel atafinite wavelength.since it wasn't clear will generallyhe dealingwith signals speed.In free space, OJ inthe Earth's whichleonwouldbecomethe more athigher frequencies and the number atmosphere, they travel atthe same commonsystemofsignaldefini- (IfHz willgenerally beprecededwith speed aslight. Light travelsat tion.Commonusage now istodefine a modifierindicatingthat the value is about 186,000 milesper second, or particularsignals byfrequency, while some multiple ofHz.The usual ones 300,000,000metersper second in usingtheapproximate wavelength you willsec are: toindicateabandoffrequencies as soece.I will generallywork inunits signedtoa particularservice.Thusan • kilohertz (kHz), thousands ofHi: ofmetersper second toconformto 83.3-metersignalisone ofanumber • Megahertz(MHz).millionsofHz, the practiceofmostpeople working offrequencies inthe "SOmeter" or thousandsofkHz inthe radio field. • Gigahertz(GHz),billionsofHz.or Wavelengthisdefinedas the amateurband. thousands ofMHz. distance awave travels duringone IntroductiontoAntennas 1-5 -.-.-._ .. .•.-.• •-.4.,,_'.. ..., ...."..._.....-.-..~.-..,~.-..,.._...-_.,.....-.-...,"-., .~...-......"~.."-,.'"'...~.- "~.,_-.... The Half- Wave Dipole Antenna in Free Space R8dl8UonpatternofadipoleInfree space. Contents The HaW·Wave Dipole 2-2 So How Doesa Dipole Work? 2-3 Where Does the Power Go? 2-4 Antenna AnalysisTools 2-5 Polar Plots 2-5 WhichW~ is Up? 2-6 ReviewQuestions 2·6 The Ha(f- Wave Dipole It'stemptingto startoutlooking at L1 L2 atinyradiating elementconsistingof ashortconductorwithan alternating currentflowing in it.Then youcould Half-wa"'l1Dlpc'e;L1+LZ=~IZ consider all otherantenna structures ascollections ofsuch mini-antennas. Fig 2-1-Heff-weve012)dipole. eachpiecewith a slightly different lo cation, currentmagnitudeandcurrent phase. The radiating electromagnetic timeofone cycleofthe sine wave multipliedbythetime it takesto field results fromthe summation of alternating current[ac) signalfrom a makeacompletecycle. The time for allthefieldsradiated by all themini generatoratthe operating frequency onecycle is the waveform'speriodor antennas.Infact,that'sthe way many fo'I willdiscuss the antenna first asa lifo.Thusa wavelength infree space antenna-analysissoftware programs transmittingantennaandlater discuss is given bythe following formula: analyzethe performanceofcompli receiving applications.Thillantenna t..==effa catedantennas. isa goodplace to start because: Herecisthespeed of lightand However, Iwon', start there • The 'iJ2 dipole isfrequentlyused fois the frequency ofthe signal that because it'shardto imaginejusthow generatedthe wave.There are many asan antenna in many real applica youCHnmakethosemini-antennas unitsthatcan beused;however, itis tions. work withoutconsideringall (he importantthat they be consistent. liar • Manyother antennasarc made up interconnecting wires,and these example,if cis in metersper second, ofcombinationsofj.J2dipoles in interconnecting wires may well be fuis in Hertz(cyclespersecond), then variousconfigurations. more significantthan the antennas Awill bein meters.For example.for • The IJ2 dipole isareference stan themselves.Jwill thusstartwith a frequencyof 10MHz,you have dardforcomparison oftheperfor anexamination ofanantennathat }, '"300,000,000 metersper second mance ofotherantennas. will actually work and isfrequently + 10,000.000 Hertz==30 meters. encountered- thehalf wave(i,J2) The layoutofa»2dipole isshown Note,for radio work,itisccnve- dipole.I inFig2-1. The circlein the center nientto use avalueforcof300mil f" AIJ2dipoleantenna isformed representsageneratorthatgenerates lion metersper second,and in by having aconductorthat iselectri asignalattheoperatingfrequency MHz, whichneatlycancelsoutthe cally haIfa wavelength longatthe f~. The total lengthofthe conductor sixzerosinnumerator and denomma frequency that will betransmitted fromend-to-endis approximately tor. orreceived. Here,Arepresentsthe in. ).'"300million meterspcT second distance the electricalsignalwould The distanceofonewavelength in + IO:MHz==30 meters. travel down the wireduringthe free spa<.:e isjustthe speedoflight 2~2 Chapter 2

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