A FLOSS Tool for Antenna Radiation Patterns

TL;DR

This paper introduces RadPat4W, an open-source software tool for analyzing antenna radiation patterns, compatible with Windows and Linux, offering a flexible and freely available solution for antenna design and analysis.

Contribution

The paper presents RadPat4W as a free, open-source tool based on an alternative approach to antenna theory, supporting diverse user needs for antenna applications.

Findings

RadPat4W is freely available as FLOSS.

The tool supports Windows and Linux environments.

It has been under active development for many years.

Abstract

This paper briefly highlights the features of the software tool [RadPat4W], named after Radiation Patterns for Windows but also compatible with the [Wine] environment of Linux. The tool is a stand-alone part of a freeware suite that is based on an alternative exposition of fundamental Antenna Theory and is under active development for many years now. Nevertheless, [RadPat4W] source code has been now released as FLOSS Free Libre Open Source Software and thus it may be freely used, copied, modified or redistributed, individually or cooperatively, by the interested user to suit her/his personal needs for reliable antenna applications from the simplest to the more complex.