Application
MODEL 3140 BICONILOG™ ANTENNA
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© EMC TEST SYSTEMS, L.P. – MARCH 2002
REV C – PN 399258
APPLICATION
Assemble and mount the Model 3140 per the instructions in
the previous sections. Connect an N-type coaxial cable
from the antenna connector to a signal generator or
amplifier. Contact with any metal or non-metallic structure
can capacitively load the antenna, which may cause
unrepeatable results. Therefore, care must be taken to
ensure that no part of the dipole elements or bow-ties are in
contact with the tripod or tower, particularly in vertically-
polarized tests. Where possible, run the feed cable straight
back at least 1 meter or more from the Model 3140 before
dropping vertically.
Both horizontal and vertical polarization is easily
accomplished when the Model 3140 is mounted on an
ETS-Lindgren tower. The Model 7-TR tripod is designed
specifically for the T bow-tie BiConiLog™ antennas to
allow easy polarization changes, and with the air
polarization option can provide automated polarization
using a Model 2090 controller. The previous section
“Mounting Instructions” shows the mounting scheme for
both ETS-Lindgren towers and the 7-TR tripod.
For immunity testing, the electric field strength generated
at a distance
d
can be approximated by the formula
(
)
E
Pg
d
V / m
=
30
where
d
is in meters,
g
is the numeric gain (10
G
[dB]/10,
see attached calibration data), and
P
is antenna net input
power in Watts. An estimate of the power required for any