COURSE OUTLINE Cohort TE______

Competency 18 Set Up Antennas

Installation and Repair Telecommunications Systems Code:

Module title and code: Start date: Duration: 75hrs.
Set up Antennas End date: 25 classes
Exam dates:
Cohort: Code 1: Classroom #:
Remediation date:
Code 8:
Teacher: Email address: @lbpearson.ca Contact number:
514-798-1818

Teacher’s Office Hours:

Description of Competency
This course, “Antennas Set Up,” is designed for students with little or no experience in the
installation and testing of antennas used in various wireless deployments such as conventional
radio systems, mobile telephone systems, and microwave systems. Topics covered include:
antennas ( Hertz, Marconi, several arrays, and special), wave motion, sound-wave terminology,
light waves, properties of electromagnetic waves and the electromagnetic spectrum, radio-wave
propagation, including components of radio waves, electromagnetic fields, and effects of the
Earth's atmosphere and terrain on radio waves, transmission line theory, including terminology,
types of lines, losses, length of lines, and discussions on characteristic impedance,
electromagnetic fields, line reflections, standing waves, and standing-wave ratio.

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Competency Statement Elements:
Install and check an antenna in accordance with
the following conditions, criteria, and
specifications:
1. Select the appropriate antenna a. Wire Antenna:
a. Depending on the physical • Dipole, Monopole, Loop Antenna
environment b. Aperture Antenna:
b. Depending on the customer’s • Slot, Horn
need c. Microstrip Antennas
c. Depending on the existing or • Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna,
future facility Quarter-Wave Patch Antenna
d. Types of antennas d. Reflector Antennas
• Flat-plate, Corner, Parabolic Reflector
Antenna
e. Lens Antennas
f. Travelling-wave Antennas
• Long Wire, Yagi–Uda, Helical Wire,
Spiral
g. Array Antennas
• Two-Element, Linear and Phased Array
Antenna
2. Interpret the antenna specification a. Radiation Pattern
sheet b. Propagation Mode
a. List of Lab activities c. Polarization
d. Entry impedance
e. Incidental power
f. Radiant power
g. Lambda
h. Gain of an antenna
3. Attach the antenna a. Setting up the media or media
b. Positioning the antenna
c. Satellite finder
d. Climb ladder
e. Climb tower
4. Connect the antenna to the wiring a. feed lines
• coax cable, wave guide, fiber
b. pig tail
c. connectors

5. Use measuring and reference a. RF signal detector

instruments b. Watt meter
c. Spectrum analyzer
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6. Validate installation compliance
Workshop/Lab Safety:
d. CSA
a. Taking action
b. Comparison of results with the manufacturer's
technical sheet
c. Tests according to specifications
● All students are required in labs to wear appropriate
PPE as directed by their teacher
● Long hair must be tied back

● Students must free of any jewelry deemed a safety

risk when operating tools/equipment
● Due to CNNEST safety regulations open toe shoes/
sandals /flip flops as well as shorts are not permitted
in labs
Required material and equipment: Uniform: PEC Uniform required at all times or adherence
to PEC dress code
Printed material:
Other equipment:
Methods of Evaluation: a) Quizzes

1. Evaluation in support of learning b) Hands-on

c) Direct observation

d) Practical demonstration

e) Lab reports

f) Assignments

g) Participation

2. Evaluation for certification Exam Date of Code 1: Thursday, January 6, 2022

Duration: 3 Hours???

Date of remediation: Monday, January 10, 2022

Exam date Code 8: Monday, January 10, 2022

Passing mark: __00%_______

Evaluation procedure: This practical examination evaluates the students' ability to first of all understand
instructions, then based on those instructions complete a purchase order/invoice to select the equipment
necessary to install and test an antenna. After that students will assemble and install Antennas. Finally,
students will check their installation visually and electrically by performing a series of tasks determined by the
instructor. To make students aware of the importance of working in a clean and safe environment together
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with respect for their tools and equipment a grade will be assigned. The time recommended for this practical
examination is 3 hours

Marks are allotted as follows:

Practical Examination
 Read and understand the specification 20 marks
 Select and prepare the equipment 15 marks
 Assemble, set, and connect antennas 30 marks
 Check the installation 25 marks
 Cleaning of work area and tools 10 marks

Evaluation Guidelines & Procedures: 6. Students must respect examination conditions.

1. Passing grade is % percent
2. Students who fail an exam must participate in
remediation to access a retake of the exam.
3. Students who fail the retake must redo all of
the modular hours.
4. During an exam, students may not have
access to Cell phones, notes or USB keys.
5. Health and safety measures must be
respected. A student who violates health and
safety guidelines will not be allowed to
complete the exam.
Students who violate examination conditions will
be expelled from the exam and will receive an
automatic fail.
7. “Students who arrive more than 30 minutes after
the scheduled start time of an exam will not be
admitted to an exam (Guide de la gestion de la
sanction des études et des épreuves ministérielles
2014-2015, Section 4.2.4). They will be allowed a
code 1 on retake day.”
8. Students who fail to take a scheduled examination
without a validated medical or legal reason will
only be allowed one exam without a retake.
9. Students should refer to the PEC Student
Handbook for further information on examination
procedures.

P.E.C. Professional Code of Conduct: 1. UNIFORM

2. ATTENDANCE
3. PUNCTUALITY
4. EVALUATION/RETAKE
Students should refer to the Student Handbook for 5. HEALTH & SAFETY
more detailed information on our policies located 6. PROFESSIONALISM
on your Google Classroom Homeroom. 7. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
8. ELECTRONIC DEVICES
9. SMOKING
10. ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES
11. GAMBLING
12. LOITERING
13. THREATS/VANDALISM
14. WEAPONS
15. CHILDREN/YOUNG KIDS

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 COURSE CALENDAR
DAY DATE CLASSROOM LAB/WORKSHOP
1 Intro - welcome and greetings

Review Quiz

Course Outline

Exploration: Select the appropriate  ASSIGNMENT 1

Antenna

Each group of students will find the

different antennas within each type (dipole)
and explain when/where each will be used
depending on the physical environment, the
customer needs, and whether it will be
used in an existing system or a new system.

Each group will make a presentation to the

rest of the cohort.

The teacher will critique each presentation

The teacher will make a Presentation and/or

video on the types of antennas.

The teacher will give a short

presentation/lecture on the generic
meaning of specifications and the different
categories.
• ASSIGNMENT 2

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 Exploration: Electrical Specifications

Each student will be assigned one of the

antennas in assignment 1 and ask them to
research the Electrical specifications for
their antenna.

Each student will make a presentation to

the rest of the cohort.

The teacher will critique each presentation

The teacher will make a Presentation and/or

video on antennas specifications

DAY DATE CLASSROOM LAB/WORKSHOP

2 Review of what was covered on Day 1

Explanation on Lab Activity 1  Lab 1

Q&A session on Lab Activity 1
Each Student will design and build
an Antenna based on the model
presented by the instructor

3 Review of what was covered on Day 2  Lab 1

Each Student will design and build

an Antenna based on the model
presented by the instructor

4 Review of what was covered on Day 3  Lab 2

Each Student will perform the

following tests on their Antenna
(Radiation Pattern, Frequency
Response, Gain, VSWR/Return Loss,
Cross-polarization.

Review of what was covered on Day 4  Lab 2

Each Student will perform the

5
following tests on their Antenna
(Radiation Pattern, Frequency
Response, Gain, VSWR/Return Loss,

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 Cross-polarization.

6 Review of what was covered on Day 5

Each Student will determine the
following specifications of their
antenna based on their test results:
- 3dB Beamwidth
- Front/Back Ratio
- -3dB Bandwidth
- Frequency Range
- Center Frequency
- Gain
- VSWR/Return Loss
- Cross-Polarization
isolation

DAY DATE CLASSROOM LAB/WORKSHOP

7 Review of what was covered on Day 6  Lab 3

Each Student will install and align

various types of Parabolic Antennas on
Masts and/or the towers

8 Review of what was covered on Day 7  Lab 3

Each Student will install and align

various types of Parabolic Antennas on
Masts and/or the towers

9 Course Review and Exam Prep

10 Exam Group 1
Exam Group 2

11 Exam Group 3
Exam Group 4

12 Remediation and Retake

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