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 +=====ETA313-08 Lab 2: Build an antenna =====
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 +[[user:kurser:radiokurs:ham_vt2025|Back to course information]]
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 +Agenda: ETA to construct antennas at ETA. 
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 +Go and search for DIY antennas online!
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 +===The following theory is copied from Theory Lesson 3: Antennas, Transmission lines, Propagation ===
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 +[[user:kurser:radiokurs:ham_vt2023_l7|ETA313-07]] 
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 +Antenna = two port that converts energy from propagating in a transmission line to propagation in free-space. 
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 +Characterized by: 
 +  * Input impedance, SWR, Z_in
 +  * Operation frequency, resonance frequency, f_0
 +  * Directivity D, antenna gain, dBi, dBd 
 +  * far field distance = d_f > 2*D^2/lambda, given d_f >> D, d_f >> lambda
 +  * Radiation efficiency, eta
 +  * radiation pattern, E & H patterns
 +  * Polarization and x-pol suppression and so on...
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 +We can only measure input impedance and operational frequency easily with a VNA/Antena analyzer ... so lets do that at ETA. 
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 +Different types
 +  * Dipole
 +  * Monopole
 +  * Small loop
 +  * Yagi
 +  * Quad
 +  * Patch
 +  * Bowtie
 +  * PCB/PIFA
 +  * Spiral/Helical
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