DeboraHarry
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I've tried to simulate an antennna consisting of a small slot in the braid. The peak gain is about -50 dBi (very small), but the magnitude of S12 is around 0.3 dB, which suggests to me more power is being lost than is actually being radiated. This seems a bit odd, as I would have expected far less than 0.3 dB loss if the peak gain is only -50 dBi. But I'd like to try to add up all the power radiated, which should hopefully match that loss between the input and output of the coax.
So can I get a figure (in Watts) for the total power radiated by integrating the power density over 4 pi steradians?
I suspect the disparity from S21 and the gain might be the S-parameters are not sufficiently accurate as there is so little radiation. The boundary probably radiates a significant amount when the slot in the coax is lambda/10 or lambda/100 long.
So can I get a figure (in Watts) for the total power radiated by integrating the power density over 4 pi steradians?
I suspect the disparity from S21 and the gain might be the S-parameters are not sufficiently accurate as there is so little radiation. The boundary probably radiates a significant amount when the slot in the coax is lambda/10 or lambda/100 long.