Measuring Antennas with the FPC1500

This video demonstrates how to make basic antenna measurements using VNA mode on the FPC1500 spectrum analyzer.
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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:14 Suggested viewing
00:28 About antenna measurements
01:33 Antenna measurements with the ZPH
02:25 Steps in antenna measurements
02:48 About connecting to antennas
03:44 Configuring the source (tracking generator)
04:43 Defining the frequency range
05:24 Starting vector network analyzer mode
05:47 About one port calibration
06:37 Connecting calibration standards for antenna measurements
07:07 Measurement results screen - reflection (S11)
07:32 Using markers
08:02 SWR example - minimum SWR and bandwidth
08:44 Determining bandwidth using return loss
09:10 Plotting complex impedances on the Smith Chart
09:48 Summary