% Author: Prof. Dr. Matthias Jung, DL9MJ % Year: 2026 \begin{tikzpicture} \pgfplotsset{ compat=1.10, width=\getDarcImageFactor * 16cm, standard/.style={ axis x line=middle, axis y line=left, ticklabel style={fill=white}, set layers=tick labels on top% use layers and choose the new layer set }, layers/tick labels on top/.define layer set=% define the new layer set based on the standard one {axis background,axis grid,axis ticks,axis lines,main,% axis tick labels,% <- tick labels before main axis descriptions,axis foreground} {/pgfplots/layers/standard}, clip=false } \begin{polaraxis}[ /pgf/number format/.cd, use comma, domain=-180:180, ymin=-0.2, ymax=1.05, xmin=-45, xmax=45, grid=none, axis line style={draw=none}, ticks=none, ytick={0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,0.9,1}, yticklabels={,,}, xtick={-40,-30,-20,-10,0,10,20,30,40}, xticklabels={} ] \draw[very thick, DARCblue] plot[ variable=\t, domain=0:360, smooth,samples=101 ] ({40*sin(\t)}:{129*pow(0.95*sin(\t/2),5)}); \draw[very thick, DARCblue] plot[ variable=\t, domain=0:360, smooth,samples=101 ] ({180+40*sin(\t)}:{12*pow(sin(\t/2),9)}); \draw[anchor=base] (0,0) node[](origin){}; \path(0:0) -- ++(-40:100) coordinate (E1); \path(0:0) -- ++(0:110) coordinate (F1); \path(0:0) -- ++(180:30) coordinate (G1); \end{polaraxis} \draw[very thick] (origin) ++(0,0) -- +(1.5,0) (origin) ++(0,-0.8) -- +(0, 1.6) (origin) ++(0.3,-0.7) -- +(0.0, 1.4) (origin) ++(0.6,-.6) -- +(0.0, 1.2) (origin) ++(0.9,-.5) -- +(0.0, 1) (origin) ++(1.2,-.4) -- +(0.0, 0.8) (origin) ++(1.5,-.3) -- +(0.0, 0.6); \draw[very thick] (origin) ++(0.15,0) coordinate(E2) -- (E2|-E1) coordinate (E3); \draw[very thick] (E3) -- (E3-|F1) coordinate (F2); \draw[very thick] (E3) -- (E3-|G1) coordinate (G2); \end{tikzpicture}