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GAIN ANTENNE EQUIVALENT [1 record]

Record 1 2002-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
DEF

The ratio, usually expressed in decibels, of the power that would have to be supplied to a reference antenna to the power supplied to the antenna being considered, so that they produce the same field strength at the same distance in the same direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
DEF

Relación, expresada normalmente en decibelios, entre la potencia que se tendría que suministrar a una antena de referencia y la potencia que se suministra realmente a esa antena, de tal modo que produzca la misma intensidad de campo a la misma distancia y en la misma dirección.

OBS

En una dirección determinada, se especificará en cada caso la antena de referencia utilizada y la dirección elegida para esta antena, por ejemplo, un dipolo de media onda sin pérdidas (estando la dirección específica en el plano ecuatorial), o un radiador isotrópico en el espacio.

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