Posted: 5 December 2007  |  Supplied by: Rohde & Schwarz (Australia) Pty Ltd

Antenna calibration

Antenna calibration, critical field strength measurements and the validation of antenna and field strength test sites require special measure to establish test reference standards.

The Rohde & Schwarz HZ-12/13 sets include both built-in attenuators on both the balanced and unbalanced sides of a balun. The attenuators allow broadband stabilisation matching and define the total power attenuation between the dipole elements and the 50W connector.

As a result, a pair of dipoles coupled head to head will always show exactly calibrated attenuation. The HZ-12 is for 30 to 300 MHz and the HZ-13 is for 300 MHz to 1 GHz.



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