Analysis of the Electrical Performance of Multituned VLF Thirteen-Tower Umbrella Antennas

<div>Variation of effective height of different antenna units with <svg height="11.8174pt" id="M25" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 16.9857 11.8174" width="16.9857pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M645 631C614 643 545 666 457 666C215 666 23 519 23 283C23 90 158 -16 337 -16C412 -16 489 2 522 10C543 39 590 127 606 167L580 181C519 89 459 18 348 18C201 18 122 136 122 287C122 464 244 632 435 632C544 632 602 595 608 472L639 475C643 526 645 581 645 631Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,8.619,3.132)"><path d="M870 650H600L593 618C681 609 684 605 669 516L641 367H261L286 516C302 603 313 610 391 618L398 650H132L123 618C214 610 218 606 200 516L127 130C113 46 107 40 25 32L18 0H290L298 32C204 40 200 42 214 130L250 321H631L596 131C580 47 573 39 484 32L475 0H753L762 32C673 39 668 46 685 130L757 516C772 606 778 610 861 618L870 650Z"></path></g></svg>/<svg height="11.927pt" id="M26" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 17.9865 11.927" width="17.9865pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,2.179,0)"><path d="M645 631C614 643 545 666 457 666C215 666 23 519 23 283C23 90 158 -16 337 -16C412 -16 489 2 522 10C543 39 590 127 606 167L580 181C519 89 459 18 348 18C201 18 122 136 122 287C122 464 244 632 435 632C544 632 602 595 608 472L639 475C643 526 645 581 645 631Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,10.798,3.132)"><path d="M735 650H491L482 618L516 614C568 608 571 595 541 535L299 115H297L196 559C187 600 195 608 238 614L265 618L275 650H26L18 618C79 611 98 605 115 527L234 -9H272C389 197 542 449 591 523C647 608 656 612 726 618L735 650Z"></path></g></svg>. <svg height="15.3797pt" id="M27" style="vertical-align:-3.9436pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -11.4361 11.1203 15.3797" width="11.1203pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M499 88L487 113C459 86 422 65 413 65C403 65 403 74 409 98L461 318C487 426 460 448 431 448C408 448 383 441 352 424C305 398 223 344 157 257H155L243 674C249 702 249 712 240 712C227 712 170 680 87 673L82 648H117C155 648 162 644 150 590L23 -4L30 -12C55 -4 81 3 105 8C113 53 131 150 143 187C199 281 323 387 372 387C390 387 393 369 380 311L328 86C313 19 319 -12 347 -12C379 -12 442 24 499 88Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,6.708,-5.741)"><path d="M310 541L304 571C290 586 211 619 185 610L80 76L131 52L310 541Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,6.643,3.784)"><path d="M398 365C398 411 356 451 297 451C250 451 198 430 151 397C65 336 24 230 24 139C24 14 97 -12 148 -12C198 -12 284 7 373 104L355 130C306 84 246 53 198 53C132 53 111 109 111 163V189C209 211 398 261 398 365ZM317 351C317 308 273 262 117 225C134 338 189 383 221 399C230 404 249 407 263 407C295 407 317 389 317 351Z"></path></g></svg> is the effective height of the 2/3/6 panel antenna unit, respectively (see Figures <a href="../fig1/#b">1(b)</a>–<a href="../fig1/#d">1(d)</a>), <svg height="12.5794pt" id="M28" style="vertical-align:-3.29107pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 11.1203 12.5794" width="11.1203pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M499 88L487 113C459 86 422 65 413 65C403 65 403 74 409 98L461 318C487 426 460 448 431 448C408 448 383 441 352 424C305 398 223 344 157 257H155L243 674C249 702 249 712 240 712C227 712 170 680 87 673L82 648H117C155 648 162 644 150 590L23 -4L30 -12C55 -4 81 3 105 8C113 53 131 150 143 187C199 281 323 387 372 387C390 387 393 369 380 311L328 86C313 19 319 -12 347 -12C379 -12 442 24 499 88Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,6.643,3.132)"><path d="M398 365C398 411 356 451 297 451C250 451 198 430 151 397C65 336 24 230 24 139C24 14 97 -12 148 -12C198 -12 284 7 373 104L355 130C306 84 246 53 198 53C132 53 111 109 111 163V189C209 211 398 261 398 365ZM317 351C317 308 273 262 117 225C134 338 189 383 221 399C230 404 249 407 263 407C295 407 317 389 317 351Z"></path></g></svg> is the effective height of 1 panel antenna unit (see Figure <a href="../fig1/#a">1(a)</a>), <svg height="11.8174pt" id="M29" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 16.9857 11.8174" width="16.9857pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M645 631C614 643 545 666 457 666C215 666 23 519 23 283C23 90 158 -16 337 -16C412 -16 489 2 522 10C543 39 590 127 606 167L580 181C519 89 459 18 348 18C201 18 122 136 122 287C122 464 244 632 435 632C544 632 602 595 608 472L639 475C643 526 645 581 645 631Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,8.619,3.132)"><path d="M870 650H600L593 618C681 609 684 605 669 516L641 367H261L286 516C302 603 313 610 391 618L398 650H132L123 618C214 610 218 606 200 516L127 130C113 46 107 40 25 32L18 0H290L298 32C204 40 200 42 214 130L250 321H631L596 131C580 47 573 39 484 32L475 0H753L762 32C673 39 668 46 685 130L757 516C772 606 778 610 861 618L870 650Z"></path></g></svg> is the capacitance of the 1 panel antenna unit’s top load, and <svg height="11.927pt" id="M30" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 15.8074 11.927" width="15.8074pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M645 631C614 643 545 666 457 666C215 666 23 519 23 283C23 90 158 -16 337 -16C412 -16 489 2 522 10C543 39 590 127 606 167L580 181C519 89 459 18 348 18C201 18 122 136 122 287C122 464 244 632 435 632C544 632 602 595 608 472L639 475C643 526 645 581 645 631Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,8.619,3.132)"><path d="M735 650H491L482 618L516 614C568 608 571 595 541 535L299 115H297L196 559C187 600 195 608 238 614L265 618L275 650H26L18 618C79 611 98 605 115 527L234 -9H272C389 197 542 449 591 523C647 608 656 612 726 618L735 650Z"></path></g></svg> is the capacitance of the 1 panel antenna unit’s down lead.</div>

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Figure 3: Analysis of the Electrical Performance of Multituned VLF Thirteen-Tower Umbrella Antennas 