#ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H #include #endif #include #include #include "nrutil.h" #include "yagi.h" /* This routines finds the maximum sidelobe level in the antenna pattern, outside the main beam. The fasteest one, find_max_sidelobe_fast is used by optimise when seeing how clean the pattern is. Its not perfect, but its fast. The other one, find_max_sidelobe_slow is much more accurate, doing a good job of finding the sidelobes, but takes longer to do. Hence its not really suitable for optimisation, but its okay for 'output' where we dont care too much about spped. */ extern double angular_stepsize_2,min_offset_from_peak; #define BETTER 1 #define WORSE 2 #define STEP 1 /* anglur step in degrees */ double dB_down_from_peak(double x, double pin, struct element_data *coordinates, struct FCOMPLEX *current,int elements, double f, double design_f) { double ans,gain_H_plane,peak_gain, gain_at_x; gain(90.0, 0.0, pin, f/design_f, coordinates, current, elements, &peak_gain, &gain_H_plane, f, design_f); gain(x, 0.000, pin, f/design_f, coordinates, current, elements, &gain_at_x, &gain_H_plane, f, design_f); ans=peak_gain-gain_at_x; return(ans); } double find_max_sidelobe_slow(double gain, double pin,struct element_data *coordinates, struct FCOMPLEX *current, int elements, double frequency,double design_f) { double level,best=-1000.0,a=90.0,theta,max=1e8; int k; do{ a+=STEP; /* Use 1 degree or similar step*/ level=dB_down_from_peak(a,pin,coordinates,current,elements,frequency,design_f); if(level>best) { k=BETTER; best=level; } else k=WORSE; }while(k==BETTER && a<=270.0); a-=STEP; for(theta=a; theta<270.01; theta+=STEP) { level=dB_down_from_peak(theta,pin,coordinates,current,elements,frequency,design_f); if(level 90.0) min=180.0; else min=90.0+(three_dB_point); } else min=90.0+min_offset_from_peak; if(angular_stepsize_2==0.0) angular_stepsize_2=three_dB_point/30.0; /* step sixe to use - rough */ /* Since this is only an approximate quick method, you cant expect supeurb accuracy - use _fast if you want that. I'll evaluate at 1/10th of the beamwidth, so if the 3dB beamwidth is estimated to be 40 deg, we will evualate every 4 deg. However, we need to evalate at precise 270 degrees, otherwise its possible the max sidelobe will be less than the FB, which is silly. To avoid this, I'll ensure its evaluated at 270 deg, so the step size will be altered to do this. */ min_times=(max-min)/angular_stepsize_2; N=(int) (min_times+1.0); for(angle=min; angle <=max;angle+=(max-min)/N) { level=dB_down_from_peak(angle,pin,coordinates,current,elements,frequency,design_f); if(level