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The main parameters which are used to characterise an antenna are (a) input impedance; (b) radiation pattern (sometimes called a ‘polar diagram’), (c) gain, and (d) polarisation.
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IEEE (1979). IEEE Standard Test Procedures for Antennas, IEEE/Wiley Interscience, New York.
Smith, M. S. and Nichols, D. E. T. (1978). ‘Design and performance of a vertical range for antenna radiation pattern measurements using aircraft scale models’, The Radio and Electronic Engineer, 48, pp.209–14.
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Smith, M.S. (1988). Antenna Measurements. In: Introduction to Antennas. Macmillan New Electronics Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19384-4_5
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