Here is a good paper on this very topic..... https://www.narda-sts.com/en/selective-emf/srm-3006-field-strength-analyzer/eID/pd/pdce/9063/pdfr/9500/
have Fun, Jeff KC5TT On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 1:31 PM Tom Watson via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Brilliant! > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 12:22 AM Mark Brantana via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> OK, what is an FSD? It is a Field Strength Drone. It’s an idea I am sure >> others have had, and I don’t expect to get around to designing or patenting >> such a thing. But inventions are often just the merging of new >> technologies, and this is not much different. I don’t see any YouTubes >> about this or any other reference, so here’s the idea: >> >> With all the capabilities of little drones I wonder if anyone has >> designed one which can carry a field strength meter and fly a grid around >> an antenna to evaluate antenna performance. The guts of my little Radio >> Shack FSM would have weighed way less than an ounce. >> >> Ideally, the field strength meter could communicate to the base through >> the drone transmitter, reducing weight. Software at the base could link the >> drone 3D location data with the FS reading. The drone would have to wait at >> test locations for the operator to transmit, and ideally would move to the >> next location. Finally, the software might be able to link with existing >> simulation software for comparison with theory and allow for simulation >> model improvement. This looks like it would take a small team to develop. >> >> This sounds like it would have many uses besides antenna evaluation, like >> RFI evaluation. >> >> What about it? Has anyone done this? >> >> Mark >> N5PRD >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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