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Built-in circuit elementantenna_wire

Wire antenna

Short wire or rod antenna against earth: source E·h_eff (h_eff ≈ l/2) in series with the antenna capacitance C = 2π·ε0·l/(ln(2l/d) − 1) and the earth loss.

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Key data

Category
Radio
Simulation model
Built-in circuit element
Reference prefix
ANT
Pins
2
Land pattern
TerminalBlock_Phoenix_MKDS-1,5-2-5.08_1x02_P5.08mm_Horizontal

Simulation model

The received AM station as a voltage (field strength × half the wire length) behind the antenna capacitance from the wire geometry.

Primitive
ANTENNA

Pins 2

PinNameUse
ANTANTPassive pinAntenna: to the tuned circuit / receiver input
GNDEarthGround pinEarth / ground

Parameters 7

Wire lengthLEN
Default10 m
Wire diameterDIA
Default1m m
Earth lossRG
Default25 Ω
Local field strengthE
Default10m V/m

Medium wave: local station 10–100 mV/m, distant stations < 1 mV/m. 0 = no station

Transmitter frequencyFC
Default1M Hz
Tone frequencyFM
Default1k Hz
Modulation depthM
Default50 %

PCB

Connector / off-boardTerminalBlock_Phoenix_MKDS-1,5-2-5.08_1x02_P5.08mm_Horizontal

antenna wire and ground on a screw terminal