COMPETENCY APPRAISAL 3

COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING

ANTENNA PROBLEM SET NO. 7

MULTIPLE CHOICE a. 13.4

Encircle the letter of the correct b. 7.67
answer. c. 8.13
d. 2.14
1. Calculate the length of a 7. Calculate the effective area of a
practical halfwave dipole for a 3m dish with an efficiency of 0.7
frequency of 15 MHz. at 33 Ghz and 12 GHz.
a. 10 m a. 4.95 m2
b. 20 m b. 5.45 m2
c. 9.5 m c. 9.95 m2
d. 19 m d. 5.94 m2
2. A transmitter with a power output 8. A transmitter with power of 100W
of 100W is connected to a dipole is used with a dipole antenna
with a radiation resistance of 67 operating at 90% efficiency.
ohms and an ohmic resistance of 2 Calculate the power density at a
ohms. How much power is radiated distance of 20km in the direction
into space? in which the antenna has the
a. 97.1W maximum gain. Ignore transmission
b. 13.5W losses.
c. 20.9W a. 31.21 nW/m2
d. 15.4W b. 29.30 nW/m2
3. Compute the efficiency of a dipole c. 37.41 nW/m2
with a radiation resistance of 68 d. 14.73 nW/m2
ohms and a total feedpoint 9. To minimize interference, a 500
resistance of 75ohms. MHz dish needs to have a 1ᵒ
a. 45.55% beamwidth. What is the
b. 52.45% corresponding gain?
c. 90.67% a. 41.7 dB
d. 81.23% b. 43.7 dB
4. Calculate the operating frequency c. 44.7 dB
for a helical antenna that d. 45.7 dB
consists of 10cm and a diameter 10. What is the ERP of a repeater
of 12.7cm. with 250W transmitting power
a. 810 MHz output, 3DB feedline loss, 4dB
b. 590 MHz duplexer loss, 5 dB circulator
c. 750 MHz loss and feedline antenna gain of
d. 955 MHz 20 dB.
5. Calculate the minimum diameter a. 1577.61 W
for a parabolic antenna with a b. 502.37 W
beamwidth of 2 degrees at c. 304.56 W
frequency of 4 GHz. d. 2175.67 W
a. 0.075 m
b. 1.5 m
c. 2.63 m
d. 0.125 m
6. The ammeter connected at the base
of a Marconi antenna has a certain
reading. If this reading is
increased 3.66 times, what is the
increase in output power?
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