With the proliferation of personal computers and affordable (even free) software, antenna modeling has become a popular amateur activity. With modeling you can determine the pattern, feed point impedance and even the SWR of your antenna system before cutting one piece of wire or one tube of aluminum.

What is antenna Modelling?

With the proliferation of personal computers and affordable (even free) software, antenna modeling has become a popular amateur activity. With modeling you can determine the pattern, feed point impedance and even the SWR of your antenna system before cutting one piece of wire or one tube of aluminum.

What is Mmana gal?

MMANA-GAL L is an antenna-analyzing tool based on the moment method, which was introduced in MININEC version 3. The BASIC source code of the computation engine is published as a PDS in MININEC. The program use the MININEC-3 engine modified by Alexandre Schewelew, DL1PBD, and are written in C++.

What is Mininec?

MININEC Pro is an antenna analysis program for Windows and Macintosh computers. Any type of antenna may be analyzed. The physical design of the antenna is entered (such as the lengths of wires and elements). For a given frequency, the feedpoint impedance is calculated, along with theoretical efficiency.

Which software is best for antenna design?

Top 5 Software for Antenna Design

  1. ZELAND IE3D.
  2. Ansoft HFSS.
  3. Microwave Studio CST.
  4. FEKO.
  5. Antenna Magus.

What is 4nec2?

4nec2 is a completely free Nec2, Nec4 and windows based tool for creating, viewing, optimizing and checking 2D and 3D style antenna geometry structures and generate, display and/or compare near/far-field radiation patterns for both the starting and experienced antenna modeler.

Is Eznec free?

FREE – EZNEC Pro+ v. 7.0 is now available! – FREE.

Which is better CST or HFSS?

CST is better than HFSS. Its time domain solver is fast and accurate. CST microwave studio is a fast and user friendly code for antenna designed.

What type of computer program technique is commonly used for modeling antennas?

The type of computer program technique commonly used for modeling antennas is method of moments. Programs that use the method of moments analysis technique model a wire as a series of segments, each having a uniform value of current. The more segments your simulation uses, the more accurate the results.

How does an antenna radiate?

In transmission, a radio transmitter supplies an electric current to the antenna’s terminals, and the antenna radiates the energy from the current as electromagnetic waves (radio waves).

How long should an AM antenna be?

if you read the instructions that come with modern radios, like sony and such, they recomend an external antenna of no longer than 30 feet to prevent front end overload.