Influence of antenna pattern on site validation above 1 GHz for Site VSWR measurements

Author

Riedelsheimer, Jochen ; Trautnitz, Friedrich-Wilhelm

Author_Institution

Daimlerstraβe 17, Albatross Projects GmbH, Nattheim, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

55

Abstract

With the experience of dozens of site VSWR validation measurements in SAC´s and FAR´s, special attention should be focused on the influence of the receiving antenna. Since the radiation pattern is determined in the standard and the used antennas (POD16 & POD618) are verified by measurements, the characteristic of the available receive antennas were investigated in detail at the band limits (1 GHz, 6 GHz, 18 GHz). The radiation pattern will be presented and analysed regarding the influence on site VSWR and measurement uncertainty. Also, the influences of coupling effects between receive antennas and masts were analysed during site VSWR testing.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; waveguide couplers; VSWR measurements; antenna pattern; coupling effects; frequency 1 GHz; receive antennas; site validation; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Frequency measurement; Horn antennas; Measurement uncertainty; Receiving antennas; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Fort Lauderdale, FL

ISSN

2158-110X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6305-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2010.5711246

Filename

5711246