Imperfections in the theoretical NSA model can adversely or favorably affect a site validation measurement and a proposal for correction factors for broadband biconical antennas

Author

Windler, Michael J. ; Chen, Zhong

Author_Institution

Underwriter Labs. Inc., Northbrook, IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

493

Abstract

It has been shown that the normalized site attenuation (NSA) test as described in ANSI C63.4 has up to 2.5 dB of error in the model when biconical antennas are used from 30 to 200 MHz. These error values have been predicted through numerical modeling techniques. The numerical model was empirically validated for biconical antennas using both 200:50 ohm balun transformers and 50:50 ohm balun transformers. The empirical validation testing was conducted on seven antenna pairs of biconical antennas of different makes and models. Based on this work, the American National Standards (ANS) Committee C63 is reviewing proposed changes to the ANSI standards to improve the current NSA model

Keywords

ANSI standards; antenna testing; attenuation measurement; conical antennas; measurement errors; measurement standards; test facilities; 200 ohm; 30 to 200 MHz; 50 ohm; ANSI C63.4; ANSI standards; American National Standards; VHF; balun transformers; broadband biconical antennas; correction factors; empirical validation testing; model error; normalized site attenuation test; numerical modeling; site validation measurement; test sites; theoretical NSA model; ANSI standards; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Broadband antennas; Calibration; Dipole antennas; Geometry; Numerical models; Protection; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2000. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5677-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2000.874670

Filename

874670