CM 40M Phased Inverted Delta Loops CM center-fed for horizontal polarization CM PVC wire insulation added to model 5/09 CM feedline matching sections added 5/09 CM CM changed spacing from 17 to 18 feet, CM added automatic corrections for Vf of line, CM and recalculated phasing section - 10/09 CM CM NOTE: radius of #14 AWG wire is in FEET and CM division by 3.28 in transmission line lengths are CM work-arounds for NEC unit conversion issues CM CM model by Paul Lamattina - N2PL - May 2009 CM CE SY wire_len=138 'overall loop dimension SY top_hgt=35 'flat-top height SY top_len=61 'flat-top length SY leg_len=(wire_len-top_len)/2 'diagonal sides length SY dx=(top_len/2) '1/2 top_len SY x=dx^2 '1/2 top_len squared SY v=leg_len^2 'leg_len squared SY dy=sqr(v-x) 'distance from top down to feed SY fp_hgt=top_hgt-dy 'feed point height SY spacing=18 'element spacing SY match_len=27.5ft 'matching section length (1/4 wave RG-11 Foam) SY phase_len=18.2ft 'phasing section length (18.2 ft in RG-8 = 72.2 degrees) SY ser_stub=33ft 'series matching stub (33 feet in RG-8) SY par_stub=30.15ft 'open final parallel matching stub (30.15 feet in RG-8) GW 1 40 -dx 0 top_hgt dx 0 top_hgt .0027 'flat-top wire 1 GW 2 20 -dx 0 top_hgt -0.25 0 fp_hgt .0027 '- leg 1 GW 3 20 0.25 0 fp_hgt dx 0 top_hgt .0027 '+ leg 1 GW 4 1 0.25 0 fp_hgt -0.25 0 fp_hgt .0027 'feed point 1 GW 11 40 -dx spacing top_hgt dx spacing top_hgt .0027 'flat-top wire 2 GW 12 20 -dx spacing top_hgt -0.25 spacing fp_hgt .0027 '- leg 2 GW 13 20 0.25 spacing fp_hgt dx spacing top_hgt .0027 '+ leg 2 GW 14 1 0.25 spacing fp_hgt -0.25 spacing fp_hgt .0027 'feed point 2 GW 21 1 0.25 0 5 -0.25 0 5 .0027 'match point 1 GW 22 1 0.25 spacing 5 -0.25 spacing 5 .0027 'match point 2 GW 31 1 .25 0 2 -.25 0 2 .0027 'series stub end GW 32 1 .25 10 2 -.25 10 2 .0027 'parallel stub end GS 0 0 ft ' 0.3048 GE -1 LD 7 1 1 40 4.5 0.001422 'PVC insulation (radius in meters) LD 7 2 1 20 4.5 0.001422 'PVC insulation LD 7 3 1 20 4.5 0.001422 'PVC insulation LD 7 11 1 40 4.5 0.001422 'PVC insulation LD 7 12 1 20 4.5 0.001422 'PVC insulation LD 7 13 1 20 4.5 0.001422 'PVC insulation GN 2 0 0 0 10 0.001 EK EX 0 31 1 0 1 0 'Voltage source TL 4 1 21 1 75 match_len/0.80 '/3.28 'matching 1 TL 14 1 22 1 75 match_len/0.80 '/3.28 'matching 2 TL 21 1 22 1 50 phase_len/0.66 '/3.28 'phasing section TL 21 1 31 1 50 ser_stub/0.66 '/3.28 'series matching section TL 31 1 32 1 50 par_stub/0.66 '/3.28 'parallel matching stub FR 0 0 0 0 7.15 0 EN