The W1GHZ Online Microwave Antenna Book
Paul Wade W1GHZ (ex N1BWT) © 1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002

Table of Contents

Preface -30 September 1999

Part 1 — Practical Antennas

1.  Antenna Basics - 25 September 1998
2.  Electromagnetic Horn Antennas - March 1998
3.  Metal-plate Lens Antennas - April 1998
4.  Parabolic Dish Antennas - March 1998
5.  Offset-fed Parabolic Dishes -  29 April 1998
Appendix 5A - Common Offset Dishes - October 1999

6.  Feeds for Parabolic Dish Antennas - in progress
6.0 Introduction and Feed Index-  23 September 1999
6.1 Feed Phase and Phase Center - January 1999
6.1.1-4 Phase and Phase Center
6.1.5 Dish Patterns with Focus Error
6.2 Dipole and Wire Feeds - January 1999
6.2.1 Dipole feeds
6.2.2 EIA dual-dipole feeds
6.2.3 Loop feeds
6.3 Circular Waveguide Feeds - January 1999
6.3.1 Coffee-can feeds
6.3.2 WA9HUV -- Coffee-can with flange
6.3.3 VE4MA feed
6.3.4 Chaparral-style feeds
6.4 Horn Feeds - 30 September 1999
6.4.1 Conical horn feeds
6.4.2 Rectangular horn feeds
6.4.3 Corrugated conical horn feeds
6.5 Dual-Mode Feeds
        Part 1 - 30 September 1999
6.5.1 W2IMU dual-mode feed
6.5.2 W2IMU dual-mode feed examples
Part 2 - 30 September 1999
6.5.3 Diagonal horn
6.5.4 Potter dual-mode conical horn
6.5.5 VK2ALU dual-mode feedhorn
6.5.6 Higher-order multi-mode feeds
6.6 Helical Feeds
6.7 Other Feeds - 14 October 1999
6.7.1 Clavin feed (1974)
6.7.2 Backward or rear feeds
6.7.3 Diffraction
6.7.4 Backward or rear feeds continued
6.8 Radiotelescope Feeds
6.9 Multiband Feeds - 15 May 2000 
Part 1 Multi-band dipole and horn feeds
Part 2 Multi-band feed experiments, Broadband feeds, feed assemblies
6.10 Multiple-reflector Dishes
Appendix 6A - Parabolic Dish Gain & Beamwidth - October 1999
Appendix 6B - Setting up a Parabolic Dish Antenna -  28 June 2000 
Appendix 6C - Electromagnetic Fields in Feed Antennas -  19 September 2001  ***NEW***
Appendix 6D - Electromagnetic Field Animations -  19 September 2001  ***NEW***

7.  Slot Antennas - 8 July 2001 
Part 1 Waveguide Slot Antennas
Part 2 Performance Enhancements
Part 3 Other Considerations, Two-dimensional slot arrays
Part 4 Slotted-cylinder and Alford slot antennas
Part 5 Summary and References
Slot Antenna Update -  30 May 2002  ***NEW***

8.  Periscope Antenna Systems - 17 May 2000

9.  Antenna Range Measurements - April 1998
10.  Antenna Measurements using Sun Noise - April 1998

11.  Parabolic Dish Feeds - Performance Analysis - March 1998
12.  Pattern Calculation and Phase Analysis - October 1999
13.

Downloads:

HDL_ANT.exe version 3b3 and Source code
FEEDPATT.exe
PHASEPAT.exe
Periscopegain.xls
Slotantenna.xls 30 May 2002  ***Updated***

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