Determine antenna factors at different heights by standard site method with calculable dipole antenna

In this paper, a calculable dipole antenna is introduced into the conventional standard site method (SSM) to overcome the problem caused by the variation in the antenna factors for an antenna located at different heights above a conducting ground plane and to improve the accuracy of the antenna measurement. The variation of antenna factors at different heights is calculated and adopted in the antenna measurement to minimize the ground-plane effect. Measurement results show the improvement in the accuracy of antenna factors obtained by the SSM with a calculated dipole antenna.