Daily Laboratory Sessions

Laboratory sessions provide practical experience and reinforce lecture information, including constructing basic antennas, how antenna measurements are made using radiation pattern and VSWR measurements, and making basic antenna calculations with Excel spreadsheets.

Understand the fundamental properties, operations, utilizations, and applications of antennas. Focus on intuitive physical explanations and laboratory demonstrations. When equations are used, they are not derived. Instead, the significance of each will be explained; all terms will be clearly defined; and examples will be given to illustrate how they are used.

• Nonantenna specialists
• Anyone needing the necessary background to complete the Antenna Engineering Certificate

• Gain a working knowledge of what antennas do
• Learn to construct a basic antenna
• Examine how antennas work
• Master measuring antenna patterns
• Know when to use what type of antennas
• Understand how the environment impacts antenna performance
• Learn what to consider when choosing antennas for a specific application
• Learn the mathematical and physics principles needed for antenna courses
• Discover how to use computer simulation to analyze various types of antennas

• Antenna Definitions
• Low-Gain Antennas
• Medium-Gain Antennas
• Antenna Construction Lab
• Transmission Lines
• Reflector Antennas
• Array Antennas
• Fundamentals of Propagation
• Modeling & Simulation of Antennas
• Antenna Hardware Examples
• Basic Antenna Measurements
• Antenna Measurements Lab
• Rules, Regulations, and Governance
• Radiation Hazards and Considerations
• Antenna Applications
• Polarization Demonstration
• Basic Antenna Principles

Participants receive a notebook and CD-ROM of course lectures and software used in lectures or laboratories.

• Barry Mitchell
• Glenn Hopkins
• Jeff Kemp
• John K. Daher
• Larry E. Corey

This course is an elective for the:

• Antenna Engineering Certificate
• Radar Systems Certificate
• Modeling & Simulation Certificate