Title :
UAV-based pattern measurement of the SKALA
Author :
Fabio Paonessa;Giuseppe Virone;Giuseppe Addamo;Oscar A. Peverini;Riccardo Tascone;Eloy de Lera Acedo;Edgar Colín-Beltrán;Nima Razavi-Ghods;Pietro Bolli;Giuseppe Pupillo;Giovanni Naldi;Jader Monari;Andrea M. Lingua;Marco Piras;Irene Aicardi;P
Author_Institution :
Istituto di Elettronica ed Ingegneria dell´Informazione e, delle Telecomunicazioni (IEIIT), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel antenna pattern measurement technique has been recently developed exploiting the capabilities of a micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as a far-field test-source. This technique is suitable for characterizing VHF antennas such as those for low-frequency radio astronomy. This paper presents some of the measurements recently performed on the Square Kilometer Array Log-periodic Antenna (SKALA), which has been selected as the receiving element for the Low Frequency Aperture Array (LFAA).
Keywords :
"Antenna measurements","Dipole antennas","Arrays","Extraterrestrial measurements","Antenna arrays","Antenna radiation patterns","Receiving antennas"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2015.7305075
