[Discuss-gnuradio] A helper software to tune your antenna

[Patrik Tast]

HI All,

 

For those interested:

 

A windows software is available for tuning your parabolic- or offset dish feed from 1 GHz to ->

It creates a NEC (Numerical Electromagnetics Code) model of your antenna so you can verify it (or get started) 

 

The (win + src) software is available from http://www.poes-weather.com/~patrik/8.2GHz/sw/

The latest, February release is called antenna-1st-aid-2012-02.

 

NOTICE: It is called *Antenna-1st-aid*. Tons of real-world tests needed, but it will give you a clue...

 

A youtube 4NEC2 model simulation at 8.2 GHz when moving a horn from the aperture down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYfb_M3vKsc

 

This software should be used only as a guide. Tweak it using NEC and then in real world.

Next version will be (Qt) at github.

 

Have fun,

Patrik