Figure 3 CQ45 45 Element Curtain Quad for 1296 MHz.
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Figures 3a and 3b. These drawings of CQ45 were created on 4nec2. The dimensions of this antenna can be found in the program listing below.


Figures 3c and 3d. These plots for the CQ45 antenna were created on 4nec2 using the program below.


CM CQ45 45 element Curtain Quad from W1HBQ
CM Error message has no basis. It has something to do with 1500 segments.
CE Change the segment count and the error message goes away.
SY l0 = 0.95
SY l1 = 4.02
SY l = 4.52
SY l2 = l
SY l3 = l
SY l4 = l
SY l5 = 4.00
SY h = 6.00
SY y0 = .5 * l0
SY y1 = y0 + l1
SY y2 = y1 + l2
SY y3 = y2 + l3
SY y4 = y3 + l4
SY y5 = y4 + l5
SY z0 = 0
SY z1 = h
SY z2 = z1 + h
SY z3 = z2 + h
SY z4 = z3 + h
SY z5 = z4 + h
GW 1 11 0 y0 z5 0 y1 z5 0.0404
GW 2 2 0 0 z4 0 y0 z4 0.0404
GW 3 11 0 y1 z4 0 y2 z4 0.0404
GW 4 11 0 y0 z3 0 y1 z3 0.0404
GW 5 11 0 y2 z3 0 y3 z3 0.0404
GW 6 2 0 0 z2 0 y0 z2 0.0404
GW 7 11 0 y1 z2 0 y2 z2 0.0404
GW 8 11 0 y3 z2 0 y4 z2 0.0404
GW 9 11 0 y0 z1 0 y1 z1 0.0404
GW 10 11 0 y2 z1 0 y3 z1 0.0404
GW 11 11 0 y4 z1 0 y5 z1 0.0404
GW 12 2 0 0 z0 0 y0 z0 0.0404
GW 13 11 0 y1 z0 0 y2 z0 0.0404
GW 14 11 0 y3 z0 0 y4 z0 0.0404
GW 15 11 0 y0 -z1 0 y1 -z1 0.0404
GW 16 11 0 y2 -z1 0 y3 -z1 0.0404
GW 17 11 0 y4 -z1 0 y5 -z1 0.0404
GW 18 2 0 0 -z2 0 y0 -z2 0.0404
GW 19 11 0 y1 -z2 0 y2 -z2 0.0404
GW 20 11 0 y3 -z2 0 y4 -z2 0.0404
GW 21 11 0 y0 -z3 0 y1 -z3 0.0404
GW 22 11 0 y2 -z3 0 y3 -z3 0.0404
GW 23 2 0 0 -z4 0 y0 -z4 0.0404
GW 24 11 0 y1 -z4 0 y2 -z4 0.0404
GW 25 11 0 y0 -z5 0 y1 -z5 0.0404
GW 26 13 0 y0 z5 0 y0 z4 0.0404
GW 27 13 0 y0 z4 0 y0 z3 0.0404
GW 28 13 0 y0 z3 0 y0 z2 0.0404
GW 29 13 0 y0 z2 0 y0 z1 0.0404
GW 30 13 0 y0 z1 0 y0 z0 0.0404
GW 31 13 0 y0 z0 0 y0 -z1 0.0404
GW 32 13 0 y0 -z1 0 y0 -z2 0.0404
GW 33 13 0 y0 -z2 0 y0 -z3 0.0404
GW 34 13 0 y0 -z3 0 y0 -z4 0.0404
GW 35 13 0 y0 -z4 0 y0 -z5 0.0404
GW 36 13 0 y1 z5 0 y1 z4 0.0404
GW 37 13 0 y1 z4 0 y1 z3 0.0404
GW 38 13 0 y1 z3 0 y1 z2 0.0404
GW 39 13 0 y1 z2 0 y1 z1 0.0404
GW 40 13 0 y1 z1 0 y1 z0 0.0404
GW 41 13 0 y1 z0 0 y1 -z1 0.0404
GW 42 13 0 y1 -z1 0 y1 -z2 0.0404
GW 43 13 0 y1 -z2 0 y1 -z3 0.0404
GW 44 13 0 y1 -z3 0 y1 -z4 0.0404
GW 45 13 0 y1 -z4 0 y1 -z5 0.0404
GW 46 13 0 y2 z4 0 y2 z3 0.0404
GW 47 13 0 y2 z3 0 y2 z2 0.0404
GW 48 13 0 y2 z2 0 y2 z1 0.0404
GW 49 13 0 y2 z1 0 y2 z0 0.0404
GW 50 13 0 y2 z0 0 y2 -z1 0.0404
GW 51 13 0 y2 -z1 0 y2 -z2 0.0404
GW 52 13 0 y2 -z2 0 y2 -z3 0.0404
GW 53 13 0 y2 -z3 0 y2 -z4 0.0404
GW 54 13 0 y3 z3 0 y3 z2 0.0404
GW 55 13 0 y3 z2 0 y3 z1 0.0404
GW 56 13 0 y3 z1 0 y3 z0 0.0404
GW 57 13 0 y3 z0 0 y3 -z1 0.0404
GW 58 13 0 y3 -z1 0 y3 -z2 0.0404
GW 59 13 0 y3 -z2 0 y3 -z3 0.0404
GW 60 13 0 y4 z2 0 y4 z1 0.0404
GW 61 13 0 y4 z1 0 y4 z0 0.0404
GW 62 13 0 y4 z0 0 y4 -z1 0.0404
GW 63 13 0 y4 -z1 0 y4 -z2 0.0404
GW 64 13 0 y5 z1 0 y5 z0 0.0404
GW 65 13 0 y5 z0 0 y5 -z1 0.0404
GX 100 010
GS 0 0 0.0254
GE 0
LD 5 0 0 0 58000000 0
EX 0 12 1 0 1 0
GN -1
FR 0 1 0 0 1296 0
EN