Title :
Standard-Site Method for Determining Antenna Factors
Author :
Smith, Albert A., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory, Data Systems Division, International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602. (914) 463-7726
Abstract :
A method for calibrating antennas from site attenuation measurements made on an open-field site is described. The method, termed the standard-site method because the accuracy of the results depends on the quality of the measuring site, requires neitller the use of a standard antenna nor the generation of a standard field. The antenna factors of a number of broad-band antennas calibrated by the standard-site method over the frequency range 30¿1000 MHz show good agreement with the antenna factors found by the standard-antenna method.
Keywords :
Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Attenuation measurement; Calibration; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic compatibility; Measurement standards; NIST; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Antenna; antenna calibration; antenna factor; propagation; site attenuation; standard-antenna antenna method; standard-field method; standard-site method;
Journal_Title :
Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEMC.1982.304042
