3-System Setup Parameters
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3.2.1 Antenna Frequency
Deciding which antenna frequency to use for a survey depends on the objectives of the survey. As
frequency decreases the depth of investigation generally increases but spatial resolution decreases.
Therefore, the ideal survey will be one that uses the highest frequency that adequately penetrates to the
target depth. This is not always easy to determine and often field experimentation with several different
frequencies is necessary.
This parameter is set under System Setup - GPR Parameters - Antenna Frequency.
The following table offers a guide to frequency selection. It is based on the assumption that spatial
resolution of the target is about 25% of the target depth. The values are based on practical experience and
should be used as a quick guide only.
Note that the hardware cannot determine which antenna is attached. The user must correctly enter this
parameter.
It is important that the correct frequency be entered since this value is used in many computations
including pulse width, used in the DEWOW correction (Appendix B: GPR Signal Processing Artifacts), and
for several default settings such as sampling interval (Section 3.2.3: P36).
Depth
(m)
Center Frequency
(MHz)
0.5
1000
1.0
500
2.0
200
5.0
100
10
50
30
25
50
10