Optimizing TV Transmitting Antennas for ATSC-M/H Mobile TV
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1 Optimizing TV Transmitting Antennas for ATSC-M/H Mobile TV By: Bill Ammons B i l l
2 An under the Radome look at antenna design to optimize ATSC- We will take a look at: M/H transmission Azimuth Pattern Polarization Differences How the elevation pattern is built and customized Why adding a vertical component to the antenna is needed How the vertical component is formed and controlled Elliptical versus Circular Polarization Four antenna system designs for DTV / ATSC-M/H Summary
3 Azimuth Pattern Differences In many cases there are distinct differences in a slot antenna s horizontal and vertical azimuth pattern. Vertical and horizontal polarized currents flow at different rates around the pylon and directional parastitics hence different patterns form. Omnioid Cardioid Omni-directional = slot location
4 Azimuth Pattern B Rotated 0 Degrees --- H Pol --- V Pol Here is a comparison plot of the horizontal and vertical azimuth patterns of the popular Omnioid pattern. This pattern uses a single slot and no parastitics. In the vertical plane there is much less current flowing around the back side of the pylon, hence little field is produced. H Pol azimuth gain is 1.70, V Pol is 3.10.
5 V Pol Azimuth H Pol Azimuth A wide cardioid on channel 18. Pylon diameter to parastitic length were optimized to keep the H and V Pol azimuths close. H Pol azimuth gain is 2.01, V Pol azimuth gain is 1.87.
6 H - Pol V - Pol Here is a medium Cardioid pattern with an H Pol azimuth gain of 2.42 and a vertical azimuth gain of 3.02.
7 Peanut Pattern Rotated 130 Degrees --- H Pol --- V Pol Here is the azimuth plot comparison of a peanut pattern Antenna. The H Pol azimuth gain is 2.20 and the V Pol azimuth gain is 2.45.
8 -H Pol -V Pol Azimuth Pattern O3 Rotated 0 Degrees Three slot around Omni-directional azimuth pattern. With a given pylon diameter as frequency goes up the vertical pattern will scallop more.
9 How Elevation Patterns Are Created Let s look at how null fill and beam tilt are formed on a 10 bay slot antenna. We will use a specially spaced low RFR design for this demonstration Example Bays No Beam Tilt No Null Fill Gain = (10.92 db) Array Electrical Length is 3420 degrees
10 Example Bays 0.25 Degree Beam Tilt 3.3% First Null Fill Gain = (10.89 db) Array Electrical Length is 3380 degrees The upper two slots have had their spacing reduced by 20 degrees. The array now has 0.25 degrees of electrical beam tilt and the first null has been raised from 0.0% of peak field to 3.3%. The second, and third nulls have been increased slightly from 0.0%. The elevation gain has dropped slightly to and the electrical length of the array has dropped by 40 degrees to 3380 degrees.
11 1.00 Example Bays 0.50 Degree Beam Tilt 6.7% First Null Fill Gain = (10.74 db) Array Electrical Length is 3324 degrees The upper two slots have had their spacing reduced by 48 degrees. The array now has 0.50 degrees of electrical beam tilt and the first null has been raised from 3.3% of peak field to 6.7%. The second through fifth nulls have been increased slightly. The elevation gain has dropped slightly to and the electrical length of the array has dropped by 96 degrees to 3324 degrees.
12 Example Bays 0.70 Degree Beam Tilt 10% First Null Fill Gain = (10.48 db) Array Electrical Length is 3268 degrees The upper two slots have had their spacing reduced by 76 degrees. The array now has 0.70 degrees of electrical beam tilt and the first null has been raised from 6.7% of peak field to 10.0%. The second through fifth nulls are increasing nicely The elevation gain has dropped to and the electrical length of the array has dropped by 152 degrees to 3268 degrees.
13 Adding a Vertical Component With ATSC-M/H in action your viewers are on the move in dynamic reception environments. The antenna in most cases is not in a horizontal position The main reason for the desirability of circularly- or elliptically-polarized transmit antennas is because, with a linearly-polarized transmit antenna, as the television signals propagate from the transmitting to the receiving site, the polarization can be rotated due to the influence of external magnetic fields from sources such as the earth itself or large metallic structures like buildings that may have a magnetic moment. This is referred to as Faraday Rotation. If the signals arrive cross-polarized from the transmitting to the receive antenna, the attenuation can be severe enough to cause the loss of signal at the television receiver. Adding a vertical component to your signal can greatly enhance reception of your station. How do we add the vertical component?
14 Review: How a slot antenna works The slot antenna is a TEM-Mode coaxial structure. Coupling structures inside the pylon will distort and couple to the fields in this coaxial antenna, causing a voltage to be applied directly across each of the slots in the antenna. This voltage alternates from plus to minus and back again at the channel frequency of operation. The length of the slots are adjusted so that the oscillating electric fields that develop across the gap that the slot creates will launch a radiating system of fields, propagating away from the antenna. 1λ ~ 0.8 λ If the coaxial pylon antenna is oriented vertically, with the slots cut in the outer conductor oriented vertically as well, the electrical fields across these slots will be oriented horizontally.
15 The E/P or C/P slot antenna Polarizer elements are mounted on either side of the slot. The polarizers are about 1/8 λ each and launch a vertically polarized electromagnetic field ¼ of a cycle or 90 degrees later than the horizontal field in quadrature. When axial the ratio between the two fields is equal we have Circular Polarization (C/P). When the horizontal field is stronger than the vertical we have elliptical polarization. For ATSC-M/H a 70/30 to 50/50 H to V ratio is ideal Channel 13 C/P Antenna
16 Did you know: Depending on the bay count and relative frequency versus element spacing, a Batwing style antenna can produce up to a 10% vertical component. Pictured here is a scaled to frequency channel 11 VHF batwing antenna.
17 How much vertical gain should we use and where do we aim the antenna at? First we need to answer some questions to help define the antenna parameters: 1. What ERP is needed, preferred transmitter size, and transmission line loss? 2. Who and where are we trying to cover with both OTA and ATSC-M/H? May not be the same goal! 3. Where is the transmitter (or multiple transmitter sites) in relation to the viewers? 4. Urban or rural area?
18 Let s Look At Four Sample Projects Project 1 A 48 kw DTV station in a city of 350,000 transmitting from an office building in the center of the city. 95% of the population is within 10 miles of the transmitter and the topography is flat. Antenna is 400 AGL. Most ATSC-M/H users would be within 3 miles of the transmitter. Project 2 A 15 kw LD station in a city of 2,000,000 transmitting from a mountain ridge that s 1800 feet higher than the valley. The core population runs from the edge of the mountain to about 6 miles from the transmitter. Project 3 a 400 kw DTV that is transmitting from a mountain at 7,700 feet AMSL. The core of the city 7.3 miles away is a big tourist draw and would make up the bulk of ATSC-M/H users. Project 4 Super-Duper World in Orlando wants to run ATSC-M/H up I-75 to the Georgia line in an distributed network. A number of 250 to 350 foot cell towers are available. Each station would be a 15 kw LD facility. Fairly flat land along the highway.
19 Project 1 a 48 kw DTV station at 400 AGL! There are two large universities within 3 miles prime mobile TV viewers You have a 5 kw transmitter and a tower on top a building in downtown. 95% of your viewers are within 10 miles the other 5% are outside that area. Antenna Pattern? Omnioid or Omni?! Remember the different patterns of an Omnioid versus Omni-directional? Omni please! Vertical Component? a 70/30 power split would provide an excellent vertical component. So your vertical ERP would be 3/7 * 48 kw or kw. Your total ERP in both planes would be kw. You have a 5 kw transmitter feeding a very short run of line kw/5 kw comes up to a minimum antenna vertical gain of A minimum of a 14 bay antenna would be needed!
20 Here is the 14 bay elevation pattern with 0.5 degrees of beam tilt we are going to use. We wanted fairly uniform field down to about -20 degrees to blanket the downtown area Main beam touchdown at 22 miles from tower This point is 2 miles from the tower This point is 1200 from the tower This point is 4000 from the tower Project 1
21 Project 1 Here is the same 14 bay antenna with the elevation plot shown in a Polar format, This is a low RFR specially spaced antenna.
22 Project 2 A 15 kw LD station on a ridge A 15 kw LD station is on a ridge 1800 feet from the valley floor. The close in population is 16 degrees below the horizon the distant population is up to 30 miles out at the horizon. Half of the population is within 10 miles. A broad cardioid pattern works well since the H and V Pol patterns are close. V Pol Azimuth H Pol Azimuth We have 2.5 kw TPO available so a fairly low gain antenna will work
23 Bay SFN 0.8 BT Bay SFN 1.0 BT 5.24 kw ERP ( db) kw ERP 759 Watts ERP ( db) Watts ERP Here are two elevation patterns to look at One is a 10 bay, the second is a 12 bay. The distant points in the valley where viewers are is between 0.0 and -0.7 degrees. The downtown core is at -4.0 degrees, the close in population starts at degrees
24 Project 3 A 400 kw DTV Station From a 7700 foot high mountain the station needs to cover the valley which has population starting at 4.8 miles from the transmitter site to 17.7 miles away at the end of the valley. The core of the city (7.3 miles away) is a large tourist draw, is about a mile in diameter and would be the largest concentration of ATSC-M/H users. The transmitter also feeds more than 20 translators and numerous CATV headends within 100 miles. Where are the viewers? Close in 4.8 miles away depression angle degrees Downtown Core 7.3 miles away depression angle degrees Far Valley 17.7 miles away depression angle degrees Out of city CATV s and Translators up to 100 miles away -0.5 to degrees Solve These Problems That The Station Has! A dual cabinet 40 kw transmitter that only likes being a 25 kw one! High Tower rental costs - $$ by the foot! Antenna on public land RFR needs to be contained
25 Project 3 Using an 18 bay low RFR antenna This point is miles from the transmitter This point is 7.3 miles From the transmitter This point is 4.8 miles from the transmitter
26 Project 4 Super Duper World SFN s Provide ATSC-M/H along I-75 to the thousands of cars that use the highway each day. Each site will be a 15 kw LD site with the antenna 250 to 300 feet AGL. A 1.5 kw transmitter is planned for each site. A wide peanut pattern with a horizontal azimuth gain of 2.20 has been filed on for each site. Peanut Pattern Rotated 130 Degrees --- H Pol --- V Pol Because of the way the parastitics are placed, the horizontal and vertical azimuth patterns are close. This is perfect for maximizing the signal along the highway
27 Project 4 The elevation pattern The 10 bay pattern we created earlier is perfect for the job. The field does not go to zero until it hits -40 degrees This point is 2450 from tower This point is 290 from the tower With 0.7 degrees of beam tilt the main beam hits the ground 4 miles from the tower the field value at the radio horizon is still 98.2%
28 Summary Plan your directional pattern carefully to ensure the vertical coverage is where it needs to be. The cost/benefit ratio maxes out with a 70/30 H/V split. Urban areas are a better case for C/P. The E/P or C/P antenna may increase the tower loading over a H Pol only model due to radome size. Lower gain antennas provide wider main beams and allow fuller control null fill.
29 Thank You! Questions? Lewiston Maine our hometown Bill Ammons
30 What our DTV neighbors in Canada are doing As of August 2011 most major markets have built out CBC has shut off 100 s of rebroadcasters Smaller market private broadcasters continue towards Digital A few high-band VHF stations are looking to UHF A few stations are looking at Mobile Handheld
31 Buildouts at reduced power A number of stations are being built out at a lower power or a lower tower height than planned. A large number of allocations were made on maximizing coverage area, not economic reality. Some of the factors are the extra costs to reach that last two or three miles, limitations on available tower space and long term hydro costs. If the outlying cable systems can get the signal it s good enough. People in outlying areas either use satellite or an outdoor antenna.
32 -- Azimuth Pattern B Rotated 0 Degrees --- Radio Nord Rouyn - Noranda UHF Theoretical Patttern Rather a strange azimuth pattern considering the nearest stations are almost 200 miles away.
33 Major Reception Issues The biggest problems have been with High-band VHF due to the very low PT ERP assignments. Here are a few: CHAN PT kw analog 0.65 kw digital CKVU PT kw analog 1.1 kw digital CHCH PT kw analog 6.1 kw digital* CHLT PT kw analog 4.0 kw digital CBRT PT kw analog 7.0 kw digital CFTM PT kw analog 11.0 kw digital *CHCH PT was an interesting example. With a 12 bay antenna, the field value over the city core was between 0.05 and ERP was only between 15 Watts and 137 Watts in the core 4 miles away.
34 The channel 5 slot antenna was stripped out and now is used to support the new channel 38/39 PT antenna. A channel 13 pylon is above this antenna. Halifax Nova Scotia
35 Rimouski, Quebec Channel 45 PT antenna Where is the falling ice coming from?
36 Chicotumini, Quebec city center site 16 Bay channel 6 antenna for analog Converted to channel 46 PT Microwave dish feeds secondary channel 10 rebroadcaster in Roberval, Quebec
37 A view of the new channel 46 digital antenna on the right side of the tower top New antenna is a dual fed 32 bay slot antenna.
38 Quebec City, Quebec New PT 17 antenna. Low band top mount antenna elements are being removed. This site is in city center. New vertical real estate for a future UHF side mount antenna
39 Mont Orford Sherbrooke-Magog, Quebec Original design for one TV and one FM on center monopole Now home to channel 7,9,24,27 and 30, plus one FM Site is at the top of a ski run so RFR is an important issue Candelabra is 75 feet above the ground High gust factor site and icing of 2 is not uncommon at 2790 feet above sea level
40 Mont Royal Montreal, Quebec 100 meters high Majority of TV and FM s in the market are here In a city park very strict RFR rules
41 Mont Royal close up of new channel 15,19,20 and 21 antennas
42 Warning!! The next slide is Graphic Do not attempt to do this at home or at work!
43 How NOT to install Air Flex transmission line. It looks like they ran out of threaded rod so the top support is two turnbuckles in series. Below the hoisting grip the line is not supported for 15 feet. A chain supporting the grip is routed over a pair of climbing pegs. The monopole is painted and the grounding kit lead wire is not bonded to ground.
44 Thank You!!
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