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How is polarisation measured on an antenna range?

  • A.By integrating the pattern over both principal planes and comparing
  • B.By rotating a linearly polarised source and recording the response
  • C.By comparing the received power at two different frequencies
  • D.By measuring the impedance with the antenna in two orientations

Answer: B

Rotating a linear source antenna about the line of sight traces out the polarisation pattern, whose maximum to minimum ratio is the axial ratio and whose orientation gives the tilt angle. A spinning dipole recorded against angle is the classical implementation. Frequency comparison, impedance measurement and pattern integration measure other things entirely. Measuring a vector property requires varying the orientation of the reference, which is what the rotation provides.

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