Course Antenna Technology

Includes:

• 1 Experiment card with the X-Band Antenna Interface, logarithmic detector with >60 dB dynamic range, 16 bit measurement resolution
• Antenna rotation platform controlled by stepping motor with a resolution of 0.1°
• Tripod stand with mountings and connection cables
• Storage case
• Labsoft browser and course software

 

Antennae

• Monopole, dipole and folded-dipole
• 3-element and 6-element Yagi-array
• Helix antennae; right and left polarisation
• Patch antennae, linear and circular polarisation.

 

Transmitter

• X-band oscillator with dielectric resonator
• Fixed frequency 9.0 GHz, stable and maintenance-free
• Safety First – low transmission power and energised only during measurements
• Optical display when radiating

 

Receiver

• X-band LNC
• Precise measurement with a high degree of sensitivity up to –65 dBm and higher
• True frequency measurement
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Course contents:

• Introduction to antenna technology, forms of antenna and examples.
• Physics of transmitting and receiving
• Resistance of an antenna, matching and balancing (Balun)
• Close-field and distant-field transmission
• Antenna gain
• Form of directional image
• Measurement of directional image for various antennae
• Course duration 8 h approx.