90 PRINT "PROGRAM TO CALCULATE PARAMETERS OF AN OCTAGONAL" 91 PRINT "LOOP ANTENNA OF SMALL DIMENSION. ORIGINAL ARTICLE" 92 PRINT " TAKEN FROM JUNE, 1986 QST" 93 PRINT 94 PRINT " PROGRAM BY George G. Manning, K2RRR": PRINT : PRINT : PRINT 100 INPUT "Length of Section in Feet -- ";B 110 INPUT "Frequency in MHz -- ";F 120 INPUT "Diameter of Conductor in Inches (Must be Decimal Figure!) -- ";D 130 INPUT "Transmitter Power (Watts) -- ";P 131 GOTO 500 150 B = 1: PRINT "LENGTH OF SIDE = ";B;" FEET." 151 F = 14: PRINT "FREQUENCY = ";F;"MEGAHERTZ." 152 D = .75: PRINT "DIAMETER OF CONDUCTOR = ";D;" INCH." 153 P = 100: PRINT "TRANSMITTER POWER = ";P;" WATTS." 500 PI = 3.1415926535 505 S = 8 * B 510 M = 0.4342944819 540 A = 4.82843 * (B ^ 2): REM Calculate area of Octagon. 1000 RR = 3.38E - 10 * ((F ^ 2 * A) ^ 2): REM CALCULATE RADIAT ION RESISTANCE 1010 RL = 9.96E - 4 * ( SQR (F * (S / D))): REM " LOSS " 1020 N = RR / (RR + RL): REM CALCULATE EFFICIENCY 1030 L = 1.9E - 10 * S * (7.353 * (M * ( LOG (((96 * S) / (PI * D)) - 6.386)))): REM M CONVERTS NATURAL LOG TO COMMON LOG 1031 GOTO 1040 1032 PRINT "L= ";L: PRINT : PRINT : PRINT 1033 END 1040 XL = 2 * PI * F * L * 10E + 6 1050 CT = 1 / (2 * PI * F * XL * 10E + 6) 1060 Q = XL / (2 * (RR + RL)) 1070 DF = F / Q 1080 CD = 0.82 * S 1090 VC = SQR (P * XL * Q) 1098 PRINT : PRINT "PARAMETERS OF OCTAGONAL LOOP ARE AS FOLLOWS:" 1099 PRINT : PRINT : PRINT 2000 PRINT "Radiation Resistance = ";RR;" Ohms." 2010 PRINT "Loss Resistance = ";RL 2020 PRINT "Efficiency = ";N 2030 PRINT "Inductance = ";L 2040 PRINT "Inductive Reactance = ";XL 2050 PRINT "Tuning Capacitor = ";CT 2060 PRINT "Q = ";Q 2070 PRINT "Bandwidth = ";DF 2080 PRINT "Distributed Capacitance = ";CD 2090 PRINT "Capacitor Voltage = ";VC 2100 END