What You Should Know About Military Antennas

By Patty Goff


The antennas are characterized by a number of parameters. Radiation pattern is a graphic representation of radiation characteristics of an antenna according to direction (azimuth and elevation coordinates). Most often represent the radiated power density, but also can find diagrams or phase bias (military antennas). Considering the radiative pattern, we can make a general classification of types of antenna and we can define the directivity of a receiver (isotropic antenna, directional, bi-directional, omni).

Most radio aerials today is primarily designed to be able to send or receive radio waves in a narrow frequency band, for example. FM via VHF band II (87.5-108 MHz). Masts propagate / receives radio waves through coupling with the alternating magnetic field. These types of antenna are used for long-wave, medium-wave and short-wave up to about 6MHz. It is possible to realize antennas that operate according to this principle, up to 60 MHz.

Beamwidth: The angular range of directions in which the radiation of a beam takes a value 3 dB below the maximum. The direction in which the radiated power is halved. Ratio at the secondary main lobe (SLL): The ratio in dB between the maximum value of main lobe and the maximum value of secondary lobe. Front-back ratio (FBR): The ratio in dB between the value of maximum radiation and the same direction and opposite direction.

Comparing an antenna yagi with a satellite, the antenna yagi have a F / B ratio of about 15 dB (depending on model and manufacturer) while for the parabolic relationship F / B is> 35dB (depending on model and manufacturer) . This is observed as "good" antenna on rejection of signals by the rear. The higher the paramentro in parabolic antennas will be better. The 15 dB of antenna yagui it can also be interpreted as the attenuation that would have on the system, if for example a bounced capture of a building, by the rear of the wave. Radiation resistance - when power is supplied to an aerial, radiating part of it and part is converted into heat dissipating. When talking about radiation resistance, it is made taking into account that cannot be measured directly.

The antenna resistance is the sum of the transmission resistance and loss resistance. The antennas are called resonant when its input reactance vanishes. Beam is a radiation parameter, linked to a radiation pattern. May define the beam width at -3 dB, which is angular range within which the radiated power density is equal to half of maximum power (in main direction of radiation).

You can also define the beam width between zero, which is the angular range of the main beam of a radiation pattern between two adjacent zeros to maximum. Create antennas radiated electromagnetic fields. Polarized electromagnetic defined in a certain direction, as the geometric shape that traces the edge of electric field vector at a certain distance from the antenna, to change the time.

The dimensions are generally a maximum wavelength. It is widely used in the bands of MF, HF, VHF and UHF. You can find wire antenna arrays. Examples of wire antennas are: the vertical monopole, the dipole and its evolution, the Yagi, loop antenna and the helical antenna is a special type of antenna that is used primarily on VHF and UHF. It describes a helix conductor, thereby producing a circular polarization.

If, in each of these ports, a diplexer, which separates the frequency bands of emission and reception, it will be a feeder four ports with a single antenna will be able to send and receive both polarizations simultaneously placed. At other times, these antennas have only two ports, one for emitting a polarization and the other to receive the opposite polarization.




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