Advantages of Rhombic antenna | disadvantages of Rhombic antenna
This page covers advantages and disadvantages of Rhombic antenna. It mentions Rhombic antenna advantages or benefits and Rhombic antenna disadvantages or drawbacks.
What is Rhombic antenna?
Introduction:
• This antenna is made of two V-antennas. The second V-antenna brings two sides back together. This makes
it possible to connect balanced lines to single terminating resistor.
• Use of single terminating resistor eliminates grounding problem of V-antenna terminations during
transmission.
• The figure depicts radiation patterns of individual radiator elements and
combined radiation pattern of the rhombic antenna in the horizontal plane.
• The terminating resistor should be about 600 Ohm value.
The input impedance of the antenna varies in the range from 600 to 900 Ohm
over octave bandwidth. Input impedance depends on frequency, load resistor and height.
• This antenna operates in HF and VHF frequency bands usually 3MHz to 300MHz.
• Rhombic antenna is used for various applications which include HF communications,
point to point communication, long distance sky wave propagation and so on.
Benefits or advantages of Rhombic antenna
Following are the benefits or advantages of Rhombic antenna:
➨It is easy to connect multiple rhombic
antennas.
➨It delivers effective transmission.
➨It is simple in construction.
➨Input impedance and radiation pattarn are constant.
➨Rhombic antenna eliminates grounding problem of V-antenna terminations.
Drawbacks or disadvantages of Rhombic antenna
Following are the drawbacks or disadvantages of Rhombic antenna:
➨There is wastage of power in terminating resistor of the antenna. Load absorbs almost
half of the transmitter power.
➨It requires large space.
➨It offers reduction in transmission efficiency.
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