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.
Tools
Antenna Region Plotter
Reactive, transition and Fraunhofer far-field regions against frequency, antenna size and test distance.
Open → 02Frequency Beamwidth Reader
Digitise E- and H-plane beamwidth curves from a datasheet plot in four guided steps, then export CSV.
Open → 03Beam Coverage Animator
Assess beamwidth variation across frequency and minimum coverage at the selected test distance.
Open →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.