Ken Javor asked >> I need to build/buy a 1.9 GHz PCS band dipole receive antenna. Haven't found anything to buy. What is a suitable material and balun design to go >from 72 Ohm balanced to 50 Ohm coax? Could I use an old T3 balun (400 - 1000 MHz tunable dipole) and just modify the elements? I will need to build two so I can calibrate an antenna factor. I will transmit 0 dBm or less. <<
Why not, when you make/print/carve(!) your dipoles on double-sided boards (you are, aren't you?) print a balun on those same boards? Very common scheme for PCS, WiFi etc and there are a lot of design details in the Antennas and Propagation Society pubs, and even wild on the Web. You are also at frequencies where a standard gain horn may be made to drawings. Cortland KA5S - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
