An Axial Helical Antenna
This is one type helical antenna where the main radiation mode is along the axis or boom. There is also a Hansen-Woodyard version which has a narrower main beam but larger side lobes.
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A piece of a helical antenna
Dimensions are wire centre to centre.
For a standard custom design both S and D will be used.
Here we also design an optimum antenna using the established criteria. This means that the optimum pitch will be determined (ie: S ignored)giving rise to the length L. Max-Min boundaries will be given the wire diameter d and the the ground plane sizes.
We also include the dimensions of a suitable quarter wave line to match the antenna to the typical 50 Ohm line.