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

Author

Riedelsheimer, Lochen ; Trautnitz, Friedrich-Wilhelm

Author_Institution

Albatross Projects GmbH, Nattheim, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

12-16 April 2010

Firstpage

556

Lastpage

560

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, test volume size and measurement uncertainty. Also, the influences of coupling effects between receive antennas and masts were analysed during site VSWR testing.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; receiving antennas; POD16 antenna; POD618 antenna; antenna pattern; coupling effect; frequency 1 GHz; frequency 18 GHz; frequency 6 GHz; measurement uncertainty; radiation pattern; receiving antenna; site VSWR validation measurement; site validation; test volume size; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Apertures; Frequency; Horn antennas; Log periodic antennas; Measurement uncertainty; Receiving antennas; Testing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (APEMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific Symposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5621-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEMC.2010.5475533

Filename

5475533