Study on the application of wire mesh ground plane to an open-field antenna test site

Author

Wibowo, Ignatius Agung ; Jenu, Mohammad Zarar bin Mohamed ; Kazemipour, Alireza ; Abidin, Hafizah Binti Zainool ; Bin Abdul Rahim, Ahmad Fathi

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

13-18 June 2010

Firstpage

730

Lastpage

731

Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary result of a study on the application of wire mesh ground plane to an open-field antenna test site. Normalized site attenuation (NSA) measurements in the frequency of 30 MHz till 1 GHz for various conditions such as with and without ground plane, indoor and outdoor, and near to metal structures have been performed. The results are then compared and analyzed. It is shown that the wire mesh ground plane has a high potential to give an NSA within allowable range specified by the regulation for an open field antenna test site at the frequency of interest. Mesh ground plane is selected to be used for the test site due to practical and economical reasons.

Keywords

UHF antennas; VHF antennas; frequency 30 MHz to 1 GHz; mesh ground plane; normalized site attenuation; open-field antenna test; open-field antenna test site; wire mesh ground; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Calibration; Electromagnetic measurements; Electronic equipment testing; Frequency; Performance evaluation; Receiving antennas; Spectral analysis; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2010 Conference on

Conference_Location

Daejeon

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6795-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.2010.5544075

Filename

5544075