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Re: Topband: EIRP Measurement

To: Tod - ID <tod@k0to.us>
Subject: Re: Topband: EIRP Measurement
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:05:29 -0800
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You can get an absolute calibration by the reciprocity
method, using two identical antennas.  An extension of
this technique is the 3 antenna method which gets rid
of the assumption that the antennas are identical, by
doing 3 pairs of measurements.

In the reciprocity method, you transmit on one short
vertical and receive on the other.  The gains can
then be determined by the usual path loss equation.

Rick N6RK

On 2/20/2012 6:04 PM, Tod - ID wrote:
> The important thing is to have a way to assure that when someone

  measured the same field at the same point with the same type of

  measurement device they would get the same measurement result.  subject.
>
> Tod, K0TO
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