James Yates

02 — Antennas

Antenna Measurement & Test Planning

Calculate antenna field regions, extract beamwidth data from manufacturer plots and assess beam coverage at the required test distance.

Experience

Radar and antenna test facilities

At QinetiQ Aberporth, I worked with radar systems tracking aircraft on a weapons test range and receiving telemetry from targets and payloads. At Powerlink, I worked on RF amplifier testing and tuning.

At Airbus, my work included a planar antenna range, EMC and spacecraft qualification. As Director of Spacecraft Test at Mangata, I worked with suppliers to define a spherical near-field range for a satellite test facility in Scotland.