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E9B07

ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION LINES · Antenna patterns and designs: azimuth and elevation patterns; gain as a function of pattern; antenna modeling

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What is the difference in radiated power between a lossless antenna with gain and an isotropic radiator driven by the same power?

  1. AThe power radiated from the directional antenna is increased by the gain of the antenna
  2. BThe power radiated from the directional antenna is stronger by its front-to-back ratio
  3. CThey are the same
  4. DThe power radiated from the isotropic radiator is 2.15 dB greater than that from the directional antenna
Why Antenna gain is not amplification; a passive antenna cannot create power. A lossless antenna radiates 100% of the power delivered to it, exactly as a lossless isotropic radiator does. What gain describes is how that same total power is redistributed, concentrated into some directions at the expense of others, so the field is stronger in the main lobe and weaker elsewhere while the integral over the whole sphere stays constant.
Watch out The idea that the directional antenna radiates more power confuses power density in one direction (which does rise by the gain factor) with total radiated power, which cannot exceed what the transmitter supplies.
Gain redistributes, it does not create. Same watts in, same watts out; only the shape of the pattern changes.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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The rest of E9B

  1. E9B01 What is the 3 dB beamwidth of the antenna radiation pattern shown in Figure E9-1?
  2. E9B02 What is the front-to-back ratio of the antenna radiation pattern shown in Figure E9-1?
  3. E9B03 What is the front-to-side ratio of the antenna radiation pattern shown in Figure E9-1?
  4. E9B04 What is the front-to-back ratio of the radiation pattern shown in Figure E92?
  5. E9B05 What type of antenna pattern is shown in Figure E9-2?
  6. E9B06 What is the elevation angle of peak response in the antenna radiation pattern shown in Figure E9-2?
  7. E9B07 What is the difference in radiated power between a lossless antenna with gain and an isotropic radiator drive…
  8. E9B08 What is the far field of an antenna?
  9. E9B09 What type of analysis is commonly used for modeling antennas?
  10. E9B10 What is the principle of a Method of Moments analysis?
  11. E9B11 What is a disadvantage of decreasing the number of wire segments in an antenna model below 10 segments per ha…
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