Practical Antenna Handbook

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Practical Antenna Handbook"

Transcription

1 Practical Antenna Handbook Joseph J. Can- George W. Hippisley Fifth Edition Mc Graw Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto

2 Contents Preface Acknowledgments xi xv Part I Part II Background and History 1 Introduction to Radio Communication 3 Fundamentals 2 Radio-Wave Propagation 9 Radio Waves 9 The Electromagnetic Wave: A Brief Review 13 Isotropic Sources 17 The Earth's Atmosphere 20 EM Wave Propagation Phenomena 22 Propagation Paths 26 Ionospheric Propagation 45 Propagation Predictions 76 The Magic of Radio 79 3 Antenna Basics 81 Circuit Fundamentals 81 Fields 87 The Hertzian Dipole 92 The Half-Wave Dipole 96 Standing Waves 98 Velocity of Propagation and Antenna Length 104 Antenna Resistance and Losses 107 Half-Wave Dipole Feedpoint Impedance Transmission Lines and Impedance Matching 109 Types of Transmission Lines 110 Transmission Line Characteristic Impedance 114 Other Transmission Line Characteristics 118 Transmission Line Responses 121 Standing Wave Ratio 133 Impedance Matching in Antenna Systems Antenna Arrays and Array Gain 149 All-Driven Arrays 149 Parasitic Arrays 161 Ground Effects 163 V

3 vi Practical Antenna Handbook Part III High-Frequency Building-Block Antennas 6 Dipoles and Doublets 175 The Dipole Feedpoint 178 The Dipole Radiation Pattern 182 Tuning the Dipole Antenna 184 Other Dipoles 187 Summary Large Wire Loop Antennas 207 X/2 Large Loops 207 IX, Large Loops 209 2X Bisquare Loop Antenna 215 Near-Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) Antenna Multiband and Tunable Wire Antennas 217 Multiband Antennas 217 Tuned Feeder Antennas 221 Longwire Antenna 225 Off-Center-Fed Dipole Vertically Polarized Antennas 229 Vertical Dipole 230 Grounded Vertical Monopole 232 Elevated Ground-Plane Antenna 248 Vertical versus Horizontal Polarization 248 Supporting the Vertical Antenna 249 Part IV Directional High-Frequency Antenna Arrays 10 Wire Arrays 253 Longwire Antennas 253 Arrays of Longwires 258 Bobtail Curtain 262 Half-Square m ZL-Special Beam Vertical Arrays 265 Directivity and Phasing 266 Two-Element Array Degree Directional Array 272 Four-Square Array 273 Receive-Only Vertical Arrays 274 Grounding 275

4 Contents vjj 12 The Yagi-Uda Beam Antenna 277 Theory of Operation 279 Three-Element Yagi Antennas 282 Yagi Antennas with Four or More Elements 286 Yagi Construction 286 Wire Yagis 297 Multiband Yagis 299 Yagis with Loaded Elements 301 Feeding the Yagi 302 Moxon Beam 306 Stacking Yagi Antennas 308 Rolling Your Own 313 Further Reading Cubical Quads and Delta Loops 315 Cubical Quad 315 Delta Loop 325 Diamond Loop 327 Concluding Thoughts 328 Part V High-Frequency Antennas for Specialized Uses 14 Receiving Antennas for High Frequency 331 Beverage or "Wave" Antenna 332 Phased Beverages 340 Snake or BOG Antenna 341 Receiving Loops 341 The EWE Antenna 358 Pennants, Flags, and the K9AY Loop 359 Longwire Antennas Hidden and Limited-Space Antennas 363 Hidden Antennas 363 Limited-Space Antennas Mobile and Marine Antennas 375 Mobile Antennas for VHF and UHF 375 Mobile Antennas for HF and MF 376 Marine Radio Antennas Emergency and Portable Antennas 389 Improving Radiator Efficiency 391 Reducing Ground Losses 391 Selecting the Right Polarization 394 Temporary Supports 395 Summary 398

5 Practical Antenna Handbook Part VI Antennas for Other Frequencies 18 Antennas for 160 Meters 401 Vertical Monopoles 401 Horizontal Antennas 415 Inverted-L Antennas 416 Receiving on the Transmit Antenna VHF and UHF Antennas 425 Ground-Plane Vertical 426 Coaxial Vertical 427 %-Wavelength 2-Meter Antenna 429 J-Pole Antennas 430 Collinear Vertical 430 Grounds for Ground-Plane Verticals 433 Yagi Antennas 434 Halo Antennas 436 Quad Beam Antennas 436 VHF/UHF Scanner Band Antennas 438 VHF/UHF Antenna Impedance Matching Microwave Waveguides and Antennas 447 Waveguides 447 Microwave Antennas Antenna Noise Temperature 491 Noise Factor, Noise Figure, and Noise Temperature Radio Astronomy Antennas 497 General Considerations 497 Listening to "Ol' Sol" 498 Signals from Jupiter 498 Ring Antenna 500 DDRR 503 Helical Antennas 505 Multiple Helical Antennas 506 Interferometer Antennas Radio Direction-Finding (RDF) Antennas 511 Field Improvisation 515 Loop Antennas for RDF 516 Sense Antenna Circuit 517 RDF at VHF and UHF 518 Fox Hunting 518 Shortwave and AM BCB "Skip" RDF 520 Doppler RDF Antennas 524 Wullenweber Array 525 Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) Array 525

6 Contents ix Switched-Pattern RDF Antennas 528 Summary 529 Part VII Tuning, Troubleshooting, and Design Aids 24 Antenna Tuners (ATUs) 533 ATU Circuit Configurations 534 Transmatch Circuit 538 Baluns 540 Ferrite Core Inductors Antenna Modeling Software 545 Under the Hood 545 ATypical NEC-2 GUI 549 Recently Added Features 554 Other Considerations 555 Terrain and Propagation Modeling Software 556 Summary The Smith Chart 559 Smith Chart Components 559 Smith Chart Applications Testing and Troubleshooting 587 A Review of SWR 588 Impedance Bridges 590 RF Noise Bridges 592 Dip Oscillators 598 RF Wattmeters and VSWR Meters 602 SWRAnalyzers 612 Vector Network Analyzers 617 Dummy Loads 619 Documenting Antenna System Measurements 621 Part VIII Mechanical Construction and Installation Techniques 28 Supports for Wires and Verticals 625 Antenna Safety 625 Wire Antenna Construction 628 Supporting the Wire Antenna 638 Installing Vertical Antennas Towers 653 Types of Towers 655 Tower Fundamentals 655 Guyed Towers 660

7 X Practical Antenna Handbook Bracketed Towers 663 Foldover Towers 664 Crank-up Towers 665 Self-Supporting Towers 667 Tower Bases 669 Guy Wires and Anchors 671 Erecting the Tower 675 Rotators, Masts, and Thrust Bearings 677 Preowned Towers and Accessories 681 Required Reading Grounding for Safety and Performance 683 Grounding for Lightning Protection 683 Grounding for Power Distribution Safety 689 Station Grounding 690 Grounds for Antenna Efficiency Zoning, Restrictive Covenants, and Neighbors 699 Public Sector Restraints 699 Private Sector Restraints 703 Final Thoughts 703 For Additional Reading 704 Appendices Appendix A Useful Math 707 Appendix B Suppliers and Other Resources 727 Index 745

Technician Licensing Class

Technician Licensing Class Technician Licensing Class Antennas Presented by Amateur Radio Technician Class Element 2 Course Presentation ELEMENT 2 SUB-ELEMENTS (Groupings) About Ham Radio Call Signs Control Mind the Rules Tech Frequencies

More information

40m-10m DELTA LOOP ANTENNA - GU3WHN

40m-10m DELTA LOOP ANTENNA - GU3WHN This simple broad band antenna is easy to build, has gain similar to that of a dipole and is tolerant of nearby objects. It can be erected in almost any configuration provided the wires are well separated

More information

Just a Dipole. Gary Wescom N0GW July 16, 2007

Just a Dipole. Gary Wescom N0GW July 16, 2007 Just a Dipole Gary Wescom N0GW July 16, 2007 Often we will hear people describing their antennas as just a dipole. After all, a coax cable fed, half wavelength dipole is one of the simplest antennas to

More information

Antenna Trainer EAN. www.edibon.com. Technical Teaching Equipment INTRODUCTION

Antenna Trainer EAN. www.edibon.com. Technical Teaching Equipment INTRODUCTION Antenna Trainer EAN Technical Teaching Equipment Products Products range Units 3.-Communications INTRODUCTION Antennas are the main element of aerial communications. They are the transition between a transmission

More information

Antenna Basic Concepts

Antenna Basic Concepts ANTENNA An antenna is a device to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic waves are often referred to as radio waves. Most antennas are resonant devices, which operate efficiently

More information

VE3MLB Phased Double V Antenna for 75/80 Meter Band

VE3MLB Phased Double V Antenna for 75/80 Meter Band Jan. 17, 2008 VE3MLB Phased Double V Antenna for 75/80 Meter Band This is a story of a double inverted V antenna that I built in January 2008. I already had a full 80 meter Delta loop suspended from my

More information

EE302 Lesson 14: Antennas

EE302 Lesson 14: Antennas EE302 Lesson 14: Antennas Loaded antennas /4 antennas are desirable because their impedance is purely resistive. At low frequencies, full /4 antennas are sometime impractical (especially in mobile applications).

More information

Selecting Receiving Antennas for Radio Tracking

Selecting Receiving Antennas for Radio Tracking Selecting Receiving Antennas for Radio Tracking Larry B Kuechle, Advanced Telemetry Systems, Inc. Isanti, Minnesota 55040 lkuechle@atstrack.com The receiving antenna is an integral part of any radio location

More information

Basic Wire Antennas. Part II: Loops and Verticals

Basic Wire Antennas. Part II: Loops and Verticals Basic Wire Antennas Part II: Loops and Verticals A loop antenna is composed of a single loop of wire, greater than a half wavelength long. The loop does not have to be any particular shape. RF power can

More information

5. ANTENNA TYPES. Figure 5. The vertical dipole and its electromagnetic equivalent, the vertical monopole

5. ANTENNA TYPES. Figure 5. The vertical dipole and its electromagnetic equivalent, the vertical monopole Antennas can be classified in several ways. One way is the frequency band of operation. Others include physical structure and electrical/electromagnetic design. The antennas commonly used for LMR both

More information

The Antenna Balun. What is this thing and why do I need it?

The Antenna Balun. What is this thing and why do I need it? What is this thing and why do I need it? The Antenna Balun In this chapter we will look at a common component in some transmission systems the balun. It is quite common to see a balun in wire antennas

More information

Antenna Properties and their impact on Wireless System Performance. Dr. Steven R. Best. Cushcraft Corporation 48 Perimeter Road Manchester, NH 03013

Antenna Properties and their impact on Wireless System Performance. Dr. Steven R. Best. Cushcraft Corporation 48 Perimeter Road Manchester, NH 03013 Antenna Properties and their impact on Wireless System Performance Dr. Steven R. Best Cushcraft Corporation 48 Perimeter Road Manchester, NH 03013 Phone (603) 627-7877 FAX: (603) 627-1764 Email: sbest@cushcraft.com

More information

Wire Antennas for Ham Radio

Wire Antennas for Ham Radio Wire Antennas for Ham Radio 70 Antenna Ideas Iulian Rosu YO3DAC / VA3IUL, http://www.qsl.net/va3iul 1 de 45 Summary 1. Tee Antenna 4 2. Half-Lamda Tee Antenna 4 3. Twin-Led Marconi Antenna 5 4. Swallow-Tail

More information

Modeling an 80/40/20M Fan Dipole for DX

Modeling an 80/40/20M Fan Dipole for DX Modeling an 80/40/20M Fan Dipole for DX New Station New Antennas! Installation and SWR Response Where is the DX? How do these Dipoles Play? (EZNEC) What about Terrain? HFTA and Terrain The effect on these

More information

'' EGGBEATER '' ANTENNA VHF/UHF ~ PART 2

'' EGGBEATER '' ANTENNA VHF/UHF ~ PART 2 '' EGGBEATER '' ANTENNA VHF/UHF ~ PART 2 ON6WG / F5VIF Summary Note : In Part 1, Fig 1 shows a maximum gain of 6.45 dbi. Several design attempts were made using slightly different configurations ( i.e.

More information

Compensating the Sales Force

Compensating the Sales Force Compensating the Sales Force A Practical Guide to Designing Winning Sales Reward Programs Second Edition David J. Cichelli Me Graw Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan

More information

Antenna Glossary Before we talk about specific antennas, there are a few common terms that must be defined and explained:

Antenna Glossary Before we talk about specific antennas, there are a few common terms that must be defined and explained: Antenna Basics Introduction Antennas are a very important component of communication systems. By definition, an antenna is a device used to transform an RF signal, traveling on a conductor, into an electromagnetic

More information

A comparison of radio direction-finding technologies. Paul Denisowski, Applications Engineer Rohde & Schwarz

A comparison of radio direction-finding technologies. Paul Denisowski, Applications Engineer Rohde & Schwarz A comparison of radio direction-finding technologies Paul Denisowski, Applications Engineer Rohde & Schwarz Topics General introduction to radiolocation Manual DF techniques Doppler DF Time difference

More information

Regional Emergency Communications. John Walters W8CX Alpena RACES

Regional Emergency Communications. John Walters W8CX Alpena RACES Regional Emergency Communications John Walters W8CX Alpena RACES Regional Communications Needs 400 mile radius No skip zone; no dead spots No interference with or from broadcasters Reliable day/night coverage

More information

for Communication Systems Protection EMI CD-ROM INCLUDED

for Communication Systems Protection EMI CD-ROM INCLUDED Krešimir Malarić EMI Protection for Communication Systems CD-ROM INCLUDED Contents Preface xiii CHAPTER 1 Communications Systems 1 1.1 Components of Communications Systems 1 1.2 Transmitter Systems 2 1.2.1

More information

THE KW107 SUPERMATCH ATU manual, courtesy of Barry G0DWZ

THE KW107 SUPERMATCH ATU manual, courtesy of Barry G0DWZ THE KW107 SUPERMATCH ATU manual, courtesy of Barry G0DWZ I ve copied the following directly from the KW107 manual without alteration. To clear up one or two ambiguous points, I have added my own comments

More information

Small HF Antennas - - -- - - - -- - - ! The Small Space and Big Antenna Dilemma! Constraints

Small HF Antennas - - -- - - - -- - - ! The Small Space and Big Antenna Dilemma! Constraints Small HF Antennas! The Small Space and Big Antenna Dilemma! Constraints " Covenants " Restricted lot size " City Bylaws " Boards of Variance " Strata Rules " Neighbor complaints of unsightly structures

More information

Understanding SWR by Example

Understanding SWR by Example Understanding SWR by Example Take the mystery and mystique out of standing wave ratio. Darrin Walraven, K5DVW It sometimes seems that one of the most mysterious creatures in the world of Amateur Radio

More information

Electric Power Distribution

Electric Power Distribution Electric Power Distribution A S Pabla Consulting Engineer and Former Chief Engineer Punjab State Electricity Board McGraw-Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New

More information

High performance RX antenna for a small lot. Jose Carlos

High performance RX antenna for a small lot. Jose Carlos High performance RX antenna for a small lot Jose Carlos N4IS TX antenna interaction Common mode noise TX/RX leaking Polarization filter HWF Twisted pair lines HWF single loaded loop construction HWF dual

More information

Coaxial Cable Feeder Influence on Yagi Antenna Dragoslav Dobričić, YU1AW dragan@antennex.com

Coaxial Cable Feeder Influence on Yagi Antenna Dragoslav Dobričić, YU1AW dragan@antennex.com Coaxial Cable Feeder Influence on Yagi Antenna Dragoslav Dobričić, YU1AW dragan@antennex.com Introduction o far, in several previous articles [1, 2, 3], we investigated how boom radius and its S distance

More information

Portable HF Antennas. Presented to the Stamford Amateur Radio Association. by Jon Perelstein. Copyright 2010 Jon Perelstein 1

Portable HF Antennas. Presented to the Stamford Amateur Radio Association. by Jon Perelstein. Copyright 2010 Jon Perelstein 1 Portable HF Antennas Presented to the Stamford Amateur Radio Association by Jon Perelstein Copyright 2010 Jon Perelstein 1 For purposes of this presentation, a portable HF antenna is An antenna that doesn't

More information

Antennas 101 The Basics. Ward Silver NØAX

Antennas 101 The Basics. Ward Silver NØAX Antennas 101 The Basics Ward Silver NØAX The Basics - 1 Antennas radiate (or receive) because electrons are accelerated (or are caused to accelerate) in the antenna s elements Radio or electromagnetic

More information

End Fed Antenna. Operating Manual. version 1.1

End Fed Antenna. Operating Manual. version 1.1 Cross Country Wireless (2009) Ltd, 7 Thirlmere Grove, BOLTON, BL4 0QB, UK Email chrism@crosscountrywireless.net Web page http://www.crosscountrywireless.net Telephone +44 (0) 1204 410626 Mobile GSM 900

More information

Amplification of the Radiation from Two Collocated Cellular System Antennas by the Ground Wave of an AM Broadcast Station

Amplification of the Radiation from Two Collocated Cellular System Antennas by the Ground Wave of an AM Broadcast Station Amplification of the Radiation from Two Collocated Cellular System Antennas by the Ground Wave of an AM Broadcast Station Dr. Bill P. Curry EMSciTek Consulting Co., W101 McCarron Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137,

More information

Building and Managing

Building and Managing ORACLE Oracle Press' Building and Managing a Cloud Using Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Madhup Gulati Adeesh Fulay Sudip Datta Mc Graw Hill Education New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid

More information

Weekend Antennas No. 1 A Bobtail Curtain for 2m

Weekend Antennas No. 1 A Bobtail Curtain for 2m Weekend Antennas No. 1 A Bobtail Curtain for 2m Welcome to the first installment of my new column, which I hope will become a regular feature in Radio ZS. Each installment will present a practical and

More information

The VHF / UHF «Eggbeater» Antenna ~ Revisited ~

The VHF / UHF «Eggbeater» Antenna ~ Revisited ~ The VHF / UHF «Eggbeater» Antenna ~ Revisited ~ ON6WG / F5VIF A new simple way to build the Eggbeater Antenna Introduction Previous designs described in «VHF / UHF «Eggbeater» Antenna ~ Part 1» and «VHF

More information

The W5JCK Guide to the Mathematic Equations Required for the Amateur Extra Class Exam

The W5JCK Guide to the Mathematic Equations Required for the Amateur Extra Class Exam The W5JCK Guide to the Mathematic Equations Required for the Amateur Extra Class Exam This document contains every question from the Extra Class (Element 4) Question Pool* that requires one or more mathematical

More information

Antenna Deployment Technical Brief

Antenna Deployment Technical Brief ProCurve Networking Antenna Deployment Technical Brief Introduction... 2 Antenna types... 2 Omni directional antennas... 2 Directional antennas... 2 Diversity antennas... 3 High gain directional antennas...

More information

"EGGBEATER"ANTENNA VHF/UHF ~ PART 1

EGGBEATERANTENNA VHF/UHF ~ PART 1 "EGGBEATER"ANTENNA VHF/UHF ~ PART 1 ON6WG / F5VIF For the enthusiastic listeners or the licensed amateur station wishing to experiment with satellite transmissions without investing a large sum of money

More information

RADIATION PATTERNS. The half-power (-3 db) beamwidth is a measure of the directivity of the antenna.

RADIATION PATTERNS. The half-power (-3 db) beamwidth is a measure of the directivity of the antenna. RADIATION PATTERNS The radiation pattern is a graphical depiction of the relative field strength transmitted from or received by the antenna. Antenna radiation patterns are taken at one frequency, one

More information

1. The Slotted Line. ECE 584 Microwave Engineering Laboratory Experiments. Introduction:

1. The Slotted Line. ECE 584 Microwave Engineering Laboratory Experiments. Introduction: ECE 584 Microwave Engineering Laboratory Experiments 1. The Slotted Line Introduction: In this experiment we will use a waveguide slotted line to study the basic behavior of standing waves and to measure

More information

CHAPTER 4. Electromagnetic Spectrum

CHAPTER 4. Electromagnetic Spectrum ELEC4504 Avionics Systems 9 CHAPTER 4. Electromagnetic Spectrum 4.1. Electromagnetic (EM) Waves In free space (or the atmosphere) the electric field is perpendicular to the magnetic field and both are

More information

LDG RBA-4:1Balun LDG RBA-1:1Balun

LDG RBA-4:1Balun LDG RBA-1:1Balun LDG RBA-4:1Balun LDG RBA-1:1Balun Table of Contents Features 1 Specifications 1 Preparation 2 An important word about power levels: 2 Installation 2 Care and Maintenance 6 Technical Support 6 Warranty

More information

HUMAN EXPOSURE TO EMR: ASSESSMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ACA REQUIREMENTS

HUMAN EXPOSURE TO EMR: ASSESSMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ACA REQUIREMENTS HUMAN EXPOSURE TO EMR: ASSESSMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ACA REQUIREMENTS May 2005 Version 2.0 PO Box 78 BELCONNEN ACT 2616 Telephone (02) 6219 5555 Facsimile (02) 6219 5353 www.aca.gov.au

More information

An equivalent circuit of a loop antenna.

An equivalent circuit of a loop antenna. 3.2.1. Circuit Modeling: Loop Impedance A loop antenna can be represented by a lumped circuit when its dimension is small with respect to a wavelength. In this representation, the circuit parameters (generally

More information

Measurement of Antenna Radiation Patterns Laboratory Manual

Measurement of Antenna Radiation Patterns Laboratory Manual Measurement of Antenna Radiation Patterns Laboratory Manual Written by: Vishal Bhavsar Nicholas Blas Huy Nguyen Under the Guidance of: Professor Alexander Balandin Funding Provided By: TRW Corporation

More information

Understanding Range for RF Devices

Understanding Range for RF Devices Understanding Range for RF Devices October 2012 White Paper Understanding how environmental factors can affect range is one of the key aspects to deploying a radio frequency (RF) solution. This paper will

More information

Pillbox Antenna for 5.6 GHz Band Dragoslav Dobričić, YU1AW dragan@antennex.com

Pillbox Antenna for 5.6 GHz Band Dragoslav Dobričić, YU1AW dragan@antennex.com Pillbox Antenna for 5.6 GHz Band Dragoslav Dobričić, YU1AW dragan@antennex.com Introduction The pillbox or cheese antenna is made of two parallel plates which are connected to the narrow strip of parabolic

More information

HF OPERATORS SMALL HF ANTENNAS - - - - - - - - - - - Rev 1. John White VA7JW

HF OPERATORS SMALL HF ANTENNAS - - - - - - - - - - - Rev 1. John White VA7JW HF OPERATORS SMALL HF ANTENNAS Rev 1 by John White VA7JW NSARC HF Operators 1 Antenna Problems Big or Small always problems. Affects all - Single family, apartments, condo s, high rises, etc The Small

More information

Here are the details with pictures of the items for sale as listed below. Please Scroll Down.

Here are the details with pictures of the items for sale as listed below. Please Scroll Down. Here are the details with pictures of the items for sale as listed below. Please Scroll Down. Further Items are also available - for further list please phone or e-mail Phone Ivan 073 528 4950 or 021 439

More information

Newcomers and Elmers Net: More Wire Antennas 02.14.16 Robert AK3Q

Newcomers and Elmers Net: More Wire Antennas 02.14.16 Robert AK3Q Newcomers and Elmers Net: More Wire Antennas 02.14.16 Robert AK3Q Antenna Construction Supplies Antenna Construction Tools (Harbor Freight can be a good place to go) Wire Cutters; Pliers (regular and needle

More information

TRANSRADIO SenderSysteme Berlin

TRANSRADIO SenderSysteme Berlin 1E-8920-810-DO Waniewski Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Design of antenna tuning unit as diplexer and operational values 3.0 Measured value of antenna impedances for 135.6 khz 4.0 Measured values of impedances

More information

DUFF DUFF. Software Defined Radio Direction Finding. Balint Seeber, Applications Engineer balint@ettus.com @spenchdotnet

DUFF DUFF. Software Defined Radio Direction Finding. Balint Seeber, Applications Engineer balint@ettus.com @spenchdotnet DUFF DUFF Software Defined Radio Direction Finding Balint Seeber, Applications Engineer balint@ettus.com @spenchdotnet Notes and links in PDF comments on each slide DF Usage Radio navigation Predecessor

More information

This Antenna Basics reference guide includes basic information about antenna types, how antennas work, gain, and some installation examples.

This Antenna Basics reference guide includes basic information about antenna types, how antennas work, gain, and some installation examples. Antenna Basics This Antenna Basics reference guide includes basic information about antenna types, how antennas work, gain, and some installation examples. What Do Antennas Do? Antennas transmit radio

More information

The spiderbeam was developed as a DXpeditioner's dream antenna. It is a full size lightweight tribander yagi made of fiberglass and wire.

The spiderbeam was developed as a DXpeditioner's dream antenna. It is a full size lightweight tribander yagi made of fiberglass and wire. The spiderbeam was developed as a DXpeditioner's dream antenna. It is a full size lightweight tribander yagi made of fiberglass and wire. The whole antenna weight is only kg (lbs), making it ideally suited

More information

Antennas, Masts, Head amplifiers, Cables and Filters for a 143.050MHz Meteor Scatter Radar Receiver

Antennas, Masts, Head amplifiers, Cables and Filters for a 143.050MHz Meteor Scatter Radar Receiver 1 Introduction This article describes some options for amateur radio astronomers who wish to construct a practical, low cost receiver station to observe meteor scatter echoes from the French Graves space

More information

CNC Handbook. Helmut A. Roschiwal. Hans B. Kief. Translated by Jefferson B. Hood. Mc Graw Hill. Singapore Sydney Toronto

CNC Handbook. Helmut A. Roschiwal. Hans B. Kief. Translated by Jefferson B. Hood. Mc Graw Hill. Singapore Sydney Toronto Hans B. Kief Helmut A. Roschiwal CNC Handbook Translated by Jefferson B. Hood Mc Graw Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney

More information

Embedded FM/TV Antenna System

Embedded FM/TV Antenna System 1 Embedded FM/TV Antenna System Final Report Prepared for By January 21, 2011 2 Table of Contents 1 Introduction... 5 2 Technical Specification... 6 3 Prototype Antenna... 7 4 FASTROAD Active module fabrication...

More information

Installation Instructions Hustler 6-BTV Trap Vertical

Installation Instructions Hustler 6-BTV Trap Vertical Installation Instructions Hustler 6-BTV Trap Vertical ASSEMBLY 1. Check the package contents against the parts list on page 2. 2. WARNING. Installation of this product near power lines is dangerous. For

More information

NVIS ANTENNA THEORY AND DESIGN

NVIS ANTENNA THEORY AND DESIGN NVIS ANTENNA THEORY AND DESIGN Introduction A properly designed Near Vertical Incident Skywave (NVIS) antenna will have a directivity pattern that will maximize transmission and reception at high angles

More information

Fundamentals of radio communication

Fundamentals of radio communication Fundamentals of radio communication This worksheet and all related files are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, version 1.0. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/,

More information

EMC STANDARDS STANDARDS AND STANDARD MAKING BODIES. International. International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) http://www.iec.

EMC STANDARDS STANDARDS AND STANDARD MAKING BODIES. International. International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) http://www.iec. EMC STANDARDS The EMC standards that a particular electronic product must meet depend on the product application (commercial or military) and the country in which the product is to be used. These EMC regulatory

More information

40 Meter Mini-MOXON Beam Antenna. Designed, built, and presented by: Al Koblinski W7XA

40 Meter Mini-MOXON Beam Antenna. Designed, built, and presented by: Al Koblinski W7XA 40 Meter Mini-MOXON Beam Antenna Designed, built, and presented by: Al Koblinski W7XA Design goals Some forward gain Good directivity (high F/B and F/S ratios) Relatively small size Good Bandwidth (min.

More information

Flexible PCB Antenna with Cable Integration Application Note Version 2

Flexible PCB Antenna with Cable Integration Application Note Version 2 Flexible PCB Antenna with Cable Integration Application Note Version 2 CONTENTS 1. BASICS 2. APPLICATIONS 3. SIZE 4. SHAPE 5. GROUND PLANE SIZE 6. IMPEDANCE 7. BANDWIDTH 8. VSWR 9. GAIN 10. EFFICIENCY

More information

Loop Skywire Mysteries Explained?

Loop Skywire Mysteries Explained? Introduction: Many antenna books dismiss the horizontal loop or loop skywire as a non performer. However user s of the loop will tell you that it does work; why? I used 80 & 40m loops in the past with

More information

Preface Acknowledgments Acronyms

Preface Acknowledgments Acronyms Contents Preface Acknowledgments Acronyms xi xiii xv 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The history of Antennas and Antenna Analysis 1 1.2 Antenna Synthesis 5 1.3 Approximate Antenna Modeling 7 1.4 Organization of the

More information

Impedance Matching and Matching Networks. Valentin Todorow, December, 2009

Impedance Matching and Matching Networks. Valentin Todorow, December, 2009 Impedance Matching and Matching Networks Valentin Todorow, December, 2009 RF for Plasma Processing - Definition of RF What is RF? The IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms defines

More information

WiMo Antennen und Elektronik GmbH Am Gäxwald 14, D-76863 Herxheim Tel. (07276) 96680 FAX 9668-11

WiMo Antennen und Elektronik GmbH Am Gäxwald 14, D-76863 Herxheim Tel. (07276) 96680 FAX 9668-11 The I-PRO Traveller part no. 11440 Thank you for your purchase, please take your time to digest some of the important building tips and the essential matching/adjustment techniques. You will need 8m of

More information

Tuning a Monopole Antenna Using a Network Analyzer

Tuning a Monopole Antenna Using a Network Analyzer 11/21/11 Tuning a Monopole Antenna Using a Network Analyzer Chris Leonard Executive Summary: When designing a monopole antenna it is important to know at which frequency the antenna will be operating at.

More information

RigExpert AA-30 Antenna Analyzer (0.1 to 30 MHz) AA-54 Antenna Analyzer (0.1 to 54 MHz) User s manual

RigExpert AA-30 Antenna Analyzer (0.1 to 30 MHz) AA-54 Antenna Analyzer (0.1 to 54 MHz) User s manual RigExpert AA-30 Antenna Analyzer (0.1 to 30 MHz) AA-54 Antenna Analyzer (0.1 to 54 MHz) User s manual Table of contents 1. Description... 3 2. Specifications... 4 3. Precautions... 5 4. Operation... 6

More information

MICROWAVE ANTENNA PATTERN WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETER EVALUATION IN MOBILE ENVIRONMENT

MICROWAVE ANTENNA PATTERN WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETER EVALUATION IN MOBILE ENVIRONMENT www.arpapress.com/volumes/vol9issue1/ijrras_9_1_07.pdf MICROWAVE ANTENNA PATTERN WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETER EVALUATION IN MOBILE ENVIRONMENT 1,* D.S. Ramkiran, 2 A.RamaKrishna, 1 Ch.Radhika & 1 B.T.P.Madhav

More information

Using Sim Smith to Improve Antenna Matching

Using Sim Smith to Improve Antenna Matching Using Sim Smith to Improve Antenna Matching Jim Brown K9YC k9yc@arrl.net http://audiosystemsgroup.com/publish.htm The Objectives Eliminate antenna tuners Improve match to our rigs Minimize losses Improve

More information

An octave bandwidth dipole antenna

An octave bandwidth dipole antenna An octave bandwidth dipole antenna Abstract: Achieving wideband performance from resonant structures is challenging because their radiation properties and impedance characteristics are usually sensitive

More information

Antenna Diversity in Wireless Local Area Network Devices

Antenna Diversity in Wireless Local Area Network Devices Antenna Diversity in Wireless Local Area Network Devices Frank M. Caimi, Ph.D. Kerry L. Greer Jason M. Hendler January 2002 Introduction Antenna diversity has been used in wireless communication systems

More information

Antenna A mean for radiating and receiving radio waves Transitional structure between free-space and a guiding device. Application: Radiation

Antenna A mean for radiating and receiving radio waves Transitional structure between free-space and a guiding device. Application: Radiation Antenna A mean for radiating and receiving radio waves Transitional structure between free-space and a guiding device Application: adiation Introduction An antenna is designed to radiate or receive electromagnetic

More information

ISS Minimalist Antenna

ISS Minimalist Antenna ISS Minimalist Antenna The purpose of this project was to develop an antenna suggestion that would allow for a simple to duplicate, affordable antenna solution for reasonable access to signals transmitted

More information

Broadband Slotted Coaxial Broadcast Antenna Technology

Broadband Slotted Coaxial Broadcast Antenna Technology Broadband Slotted Coaxial Broadcast Antenna Technology Summary Slotted coaxial antennas have many advantages over traditional broadband panel antennas including much smaller size and wind load, higher

More information

MAINTENANCE & ADJUSTMENT

MAINTENANCE & ADJUSTMENT MAINTENANCE & ADJUSTMENT Circuit Theory The concept of PLL system frequency synthesization is not of recent development, however, it has not been a long age since the digital theory has been couplet with

More information

Design of a Planar Omnidirectional Antenna for Wireless Applications

Design of a Planar Omnidirectional Antenna for Wireless Applications Design of a Planar Omnidirectional Antenna for Wireless Applications Randy Bancroft and Blaine Bateman Centurion Wireless Technologies Westminster, Colorado Abstract Omnidirectional antennas are of great

More information

Antennas & Propagation. CS 6710 Spring 2010 Rajmohan Rajaraman

Antennas & Propagation. CS 6710 Spring 2010 Rajmohan Rajaraman Antennas & Propagation CS 6710 Spring 2010 Rajmohan Rajaraman Introduction An antenna is an electrical conductor or system of conductors o Transmission - radiates electromagnetic energy into space o Reception

More information

CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. A Study of Electromagnetic Radiation and Specific Absorption Rate of Mobile Phones with Fractional Human Head Models

CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. A Study of Electromagnetic Radiation and Specific Absorption Rate of Mobile Phones with Fractional Human Head Models CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG A Study of Electromagnetic Radiation and Specific Absorption Rate of Mobile Phones with Fractional Human Head Models Submitted to Department of Electronic Engineering in Partial

More information

Owners Manual For The PackTenna Mini

Owners Manual For The PackTenna Mini Owners Manual For The PackTenna Mini By Nick Garner N3WG and George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU Quickstart With The 9:1 Random Wire Version You can identify this version because it has a yellow shrink wrap on the

More information

AN INTRODUCTION TO TELEMETRY PART 1: TELEMETRY BASICS

AN INTRODUCTION TO TELEMETRY PART 1: TELEMETRY BASICS AN INTRODUCTION TO TELEMETRY PART 1: TELEMETRY BASICS Telemetry is defined as the sensing and measuring of information at some remote location and then transmitting that information to a central or host

More information

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DESIGN OF A COMPACT MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR USE IN WIRELESS/CELLULAR DEVICES.

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DESIGN OF A COMPACT MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR USE IN WIRELESS/CELLULAR DEVICES. THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DESIGN OF A COMPACT MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR USE IN WIRELESS/CELLULAR DEVICES By: Punit S. Nakar A Thesis submitted to the Department of Electrical

More information

The Gamma Match. 1 Equal Size Elements

The Gamma Match. 1 Equal Size Elements The Gamma Match The gamma match was originally invented as a means of feeding vertical monopole antennas for medium wave broadcasts, which were earthed at the base for lightning protection (see Figure

More information

Manager's Guide to Crisis Management

Manager's Guide to Crisis Management A Briefcase Book Manager's Guide to Crisis Management Jonathan Bernstein with Bruce Bonafede Me Graw Hill McGraw-Hill New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San

More information

Electromagnetic radiation exposure: assessment against ACA mandated limits

Electromagnetic radiation exposure: assessment against ACA mandated limits Electromagnetic radiation exposure: assessment against ACA mandated limits General radio services (operating above 0 MHz) (Edition May 0) Disclaimer Unless otherwise specified, the information contained

More information

antennex Issue No. 122 June 2007 Page 1

antennex Issue No. 122 June 2007 Page 1 High Performance Cubical Quad Antennas 3 rd Edition by John Koszeghy, K3BB: a Review L. B. Cebik, W4RNL John Koszeghy, K3BB (ex-k2ob) has had a love affair with quad beams for 45 years. Indeed, he subtitles

More information

EH-20 20m antenna. By VE3RGW

EH-20 20m antenna. By VE3RGW EH-20 20m antenna By VE3RGW Equivalent circuit of EH-20 (prototype 2A) antenna system. Upper cylinder Lower cylinder Ground Counter pose Phasing coil Impedance transformer and tune circuit Tune coil Feed

More information

Circular Polarized antenna feed (For EME on 10GHz and 5.7GHz).

Circular Polarized antenna feed (For EME on 10GHz and 5.7GHz). Circular Polarized antenna feed (For EME on 10GHz and 5.7GHz). Luis Cupido - CT1DMK, Willi Bauer LX1DB On more than one occasion at the EME conferences, circular polarization was agreed to be to be the

More information

LVDS Technology Solves Typical EMI Problems Associated with Cell Phone Cameras and Displays

LVDS Technology Solves Typical EMI Problems Associated with Cell Phone Cameras and Displays AN-5059 Fairchild Semiconductor Application Note May 2005 Revised May 2005 LVDS Technology Solves Typical EMI Problems Associated with Cell Phone Cameras and Displays Differential technologies such as

More information

Projects. Objective To gain hands-on design and measurement experience with real-world applications. Contents

Projects. Objective To gain hands-on design and measurement experience with real-world applications. Contents Projects Contents 9-1 INTRODUCTION...................... 43 9-2 PROJECTS......................... 43 9-2.1 Alarm Radar Sensor................ 43 9-2.2 Microwave FM Communication Link....... 46 9-2.3 Optical

More information

How To Design An Ism Band Antenna For 915Mhz/2.4Ghz Ism Bands On A Pbbb (Bcm) Board

How To Design An Ism Band Antenna For 915Mhz/2.4Ghz Ism Bands On A Pbbb (Bcm) Board APPLICATION NOTE Features AT09567: ISM Band PCB Antenna Reference Design Atmel Wireless Compact PCB antennas for 915MHz and 2.4GHz ISM bands Easy to integrate Altium design files and gerber files Return

More information

TWO-PORT ANTENNA WITH HIGH ISOLATION FOR DTV/GSM/UMTS INDOOR APPLICATIONS

TWO-PORT ANTENNA WITH HIGH ISOLATION FOR DTV/GSM/UMTS INDOOR APPLICATIONS Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 10, 107 113, 2009 TWO-PORT ANTENNA WITH HIGH ISOLATION FOR DTV/GSM/UMTS INDOOR APPLICATIONS S.-G. Zhou, B.-H. Sun, Y.-F. Wei, and Q.-Z. Liu National

More information

Designing Log Periodic Antennas

Designing Log Periodic Antennas Designing Log Periodic Antennas By Glen Dash, Ampyx LLC, GlenDash at alum.mit.edu Copyright 2000, 2005 Ampyx LLC Lightweight and precise, the log periodic has become a favorite among EMC engineers. In

More information

Effects of Number of Radials on Portable Vertical Antenna Performance

Effects of Number of Radials on Portable Vertical Antenna Performance Effects of Number of Radials on Portable Vertical Antenna Performance By: Mark Forbes, KC9C The Ventenna Co. LLC www.ventenna.com kc9c@ventenna.com SUMMARY During the development of the Ventenna HFp portable

More information

Radio Communications Foundation Foundation Radio Amateur Examination Specifications

Radio Communications Foundation Foundation Radio Amateur Examination Specifications Radio Communications Foundation Foundation Radio Amateur Examination Specifications For Examinations held after 1 July 2011 Document EX501 Publication date: Contents Section Page 1 Introduction 3 2 Syllabus

More information

Antenna Height and Communications Effectiveness

Antenna Height and Communications Effectiveness Antenna Height and Communications Effectiveness Second Edition A Guide for City Planners and Amateur Radio Operators By R. Dean Straw, N6BV, and Gerald L. Hall, K1TD Senior Assistant Technical Editor and

More information

Mobile Phones: Jargon Explained

Mobile Phones: Jargon Explained Mobile Phones: Jargon Explained 2G 3G Aerial Second Generation Mobile Phone System. See GSM See Third Generation Mobile Phone System. Device designed to radiate and receive electromagnetic energy. Antenna

More information

PLEASE - Read this entire booklet and study the diagrams before building a Quad, it can save you unwarranted frustrations!

PLEASE - Read this entire booklet and study the diagrams before building a Quad, it can save you unwarranted frustrations! VHF/UHF Quad Antenna The information in this article has come from many amateur sources, the most notable was from WA6TEY (sk 1985) Ray Frost, who was a pioneer of VHF Quad designs and one of the best

More information

ZS6BKW vs G5RV. Antenna Patterns/SWR at 40 ft Center height, 27 ft end height ~148 Degree Included Angle

ZS6BKW vs G5RV. Antenna Patterns/SWR at 40 ft Center height, 27 ft end height ~148 Degree Included Angle ZS6BKW vs G5RV Antenna Patterns/SWR at 40 ft Center height, 27 ft end height ~148 Degree Included Angle Compiled By: Larry James LeBlanc 2010 For the AARA Ham Radio Club Note: All graphs computed using

More information

A Practical NVIS Antenna for Emergency or Temporary Communications Rev. 2

A Practical NVIS Antenna for Emergency or Temporary Communications Rev. 2 A Practical NVIS Antenna for Emergency or Temporary Communications Rev. 2 DX Engineering 2012 P.O. Box 1491 Akron, OH 44309-1491 Phone: (800) 777-0703 Tech Support and International: (330) 572-3200 Fax:

More information