A cost-effective far-field antenna pattern measurement system

A low-cost far-field antenna measurement solution is developed and presented. In an increasingly wireless society, it is important to be able to characterize antennas. Unfortunately, determining antenna radiation pattern characteristics is an involved and often expensive process. The presented system provides a complete combination of hardware and software that can be used for far-field pattern measurements of an antenna operating in the 700 MHz to 18 GHz range. This would allow institutions and groups with few resources to be able to characterize the radiation pattern of antennas for many emerging applications.