The following material supports the book antenna modeling for beginners. Understanding antennas for the nontechnical ham by n4ja. Mobile antenna gain this is the gain of the receiving antenna on the mobile. Radio mobile includes four basic antenna pattern files to get you started using the. Mobile antenna height this is the height of the receiving antenna on the mobile station. Radio mobile tutorial creating antenna patterns pizon dot org. Download our new software antenna pattern editor 1.
Radio propagation is an extremely complex subject by its very nature and thus propagation simulation software such as radio mobile can often be very intimidating on first use with any new software it always becomes easier. The radiation pattern of the transmitted signal is extremely. If you dont like reading, jump down to the conclusions. When antenna patterns are not available for the used antenna they have to be created by measurement or simulation. Pim base antennas, multicoupling systems, unique mobile antenna designs, lightning. More information about the format of the antenna pattern file, and a tutorial on how to create antenna pattern files can be found in the radio mobile tutorial and knowledge database.
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