RF_Jim
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JIM
yes generally speaking when the dipole resonates, you get a characteristic impedance of close to 72 ohms plus reactive impedance of around 34 ohms as well. so when we check the resonance we are also concerned about the characterisitic impedance of the dipole. and if you don't normalize your impedance in the excitation, you should be able to see a appropriate results irrespective of the impedances you have entered in the boxes.
Regards
chachitoelflaquito, good observations, but, one finds 'in the field' (or lab) when sweeping a dipole in or at 'resonance' the 'reactance' component (phase angle) sweeps through zero degrees indicating no reactance but what remains is the resistive (Re or real) component.
A little background, I may be new to HFSS, but am not a stranger the field of antennas (RF) or to VNA and HP Vector Votmeter/impedance and Phase meter etc measurement techniques ... In past years more time has been spent with the EESOF Touchstone product (lumped components plus transmission-line based simulator like Ansoft 2D Designer) in prior years but HFSS 3-D FEM is a whole new ball game as far as providing 'insights' into structure resonances. It sure beats spending hours and hours at the antenna 'range' or time spent in the anechoic chamber (where one still cannot get a 'clear picture' of what is going on EM-wave wise).
Thanks for your input and help too. It takes cooperation today to work and become familiar with these new tools! BTW, I will be 57 yrs old this year. Started with TI doing defense work in '75 and first project was MLS (Microwave Landing System, with a 64 feed-horn array) at 5 GHz for FAA to replace aging ILS system (but of course, GPS has changed all that and MLS was never deployed).
Jim