In a message dated 12/12/02 5:31:35 PM Pacific Standard Time,
ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> > When a manufacturer tests antennas on a range, what equipment is used?
> > A field strength meter? A spectrum analyzer?
>
>
> I expect they are all different, I visited one (out of doors) with a
> receiver
> and a chart recorder. (that rotated with the antenna, in either axis)
> The transmit antenna was a frequency cut dipole about 6 miles away, and
> it was
> remotely controlled with a telephone connection from the receive site.
> (Far field tests of the pattern.)
Which manufacturer was this? Do they manufacture ham antennas?
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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