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Click on the Trans Lines button in the Control Centre window to
open the blank Transmission Line window – Fig 4.5.
We now enter the required transmission line parameters. End 1 of
the line is in the centre of Wire 1 at 50%. End 2 would normally be
another wire defined in the Wires window. However, to make life simpler,
we use an EZNEC specific shortcut and use a ‘Virtual wire’ (v1), which
does not require a physical location to be defined.
Fig 4.6 shows the completed Transmission Line Window. Close
the window.
Note that EZNEC V5.0 has a transmission line calculating engine
built in, which will calculate the transmission losses for any given fre-
quency and subtract these when calculating the antenna model gain.
Impedance transformations down the line are also calculated.
We now move the source from the centre of the wire to the virtual
wire at the far end of the transmission line.
Open the Sources window. Change the Specified pos from wire 1
to v1 – Fig 4.7.
Note we are using a ‘Current’ type source with amplitude of 1-amp.
Click on OK to close the window.
We will now change a number of other model parameters to better
reflect real life conditions.
Click on the Ground Type button. In Real Ground Types, click on
the High Accuracy button to change from MININEC ground - Fig 4.8.
The High Accuracy gound model is more accurate than the MININEC
ground. Click OK to close the window.
The High Accuracy gound model takes into account losses
through the ground close to the
antenna, the MIMINEC ground does
not. The downside is wires can not
be directly connected to ground with
the High Accuracy ground making
accurate modelling of vertical anten-
nas more difficult.
Click on the Ground Descrip
(Ground Description) button.
Fig 4.5: Blank
Transmission
Line window.
Fig 4.6: The
Transmission
Line Window
completed for
the G5RV.
Fig 4.7: The
Sources Window
completed for
the G5RV.
Fig 4.8: The
Ground Type
Window for the
G5RV.
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