• DocumentCode
    1198719
  • Title

    Near-Field Gain Correction for Transmission between Horn Antennas

  • Author

    Hunter, John D. ; Morgan, I.G.

  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    3/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    61
  • Abstract
    When the gain of a horn antenna is to be measured from the power transmission loss between it and a standard horn, the Friis transmission formula must be corrected if the horn separation is not considerably greater than 2d2/¿. Expressions for the correction between a pyramidal horn and a conical horn, and between dissimilar pyramidal horns, are presented with sample results. A method of applying these corrections to minimize the errors in the horn gain measurements is described.
  • Keywords
    Antenna measurements; Error correction; Gain measurement; Horn antennas; Loss measurement; Measurement standards; Power measurement; Power transmission; Propagation losses; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.1977.4314485
  • Filename
    4314485