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The polarization of a discone antenna is __________
Vertical
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A dipole antenna requires to be fed with 20 kW of power to produce a given signal
strength to a particular distant point. If the addition of a reflector makes the same field
strength available with an input power of 11 kW. What is the gain in dB obtained by the
use of the reflector? (Gain referred to this particular dipole).
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ECE Board Exam March 1996
An antenna that is circularly polarized is the
Helical
ECE Board Exam April 2001
In a half-wave antenna, where are are the current nodes?
At the ends
ECE Board Exam November 2000
Electric circuit designed specially to radiate the energy applied to it in the form of
electromagnetic waves, normally used to transmit and receive radio waves.
Antenna
ECE Board Exam April 2000
What is the reason why 5/8 whip vertical antenna is of advantage that quarter wave
vertical whip antenna?
More gain
ECE Board Exam November 1999
Which of the following antenna where its beamwidth is determined by the dimensions of
its horn, lens or reflector?
Aperture antenna
ECE Board Exam 1999
What is the purpose of loading coil in an antenna system?
To produce a resonant system a specific frequency
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What is meant by the term radiation resistance of an antenna?
An equivalent resistance that would dissipate the same amount of power as that
radiated from an antenna
ECE Board Exam April 1998
Where does the maximum current and minimum voltage values on a resonant Hertz
dipole exist?
Center of the antenna
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Radiation pattern of a discone.
Omnidirectional
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Which is properly terminated antenna?
Rhombic
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Top loading is used in an antenna in order to increase its _________.
Effective height
ECE Board Exam March 1996
EIRP stands for ________________
Effective isotropic radiated power
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ECE Board Exam April 2001
This is the frequency range at which the antenna is expected to perform well as
compared to other ranges.
Antenna bandwidth
ECE Board Exam November 2000
The horizontal radiation pattern of an antenna can be described similar to
____________
Number of eight
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What do you call the dissipated power affecting the antenna efficiency caused by arcing
effect in high powered transmitters?
Corona discharge
ECE Board Exam November 1999
What measure will you adopt on the antenna system of a VHF or UHF mobile
transceivers that has very low height antenna?
Provide loading coil
ECE Board Exam April 1999
What is the reason why Hertz antenna is not normally used to a radio station or receiver
or transmitter antenna that has frequency above 2 MHz?
The antenna will be physically very large
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What is the folded dipole antenna?
A dipole whose ends are connected by another one-half wavelength piece of wire
ECE Board Exam April 1998
What is meant by the term antenna efficiency?
Efficiency = radiation resistance / total resistance x 100%
ECE Board Exam November 1998
Determine the effective radiated power of 20 kW TV broadcast transmitter whose
antenna has a field gain of 2.
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Unity gain antenna.
Isotropic
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In order to fully utilize the ________, a quarter-wave vertical antenna should require an
excellent ground system.
Mirror image principle
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One of the following is a type of radio antenna used in transmission and reception of
microwave signals.
Horn antenna
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An inductor that is inserted in an antenna element or transmission line for the purpose
of producing a resonant system at specific frequency.
Loading coil
ECE Board Exam November 1999
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In order to have an effective radio antenna, the design of its radiator must have a
minimum length equivalent to ___________.
Wavelength/4
ECE Board Exam The antenna property of interchangeability for transmitting and
receiving electromagnetic energy under the same radio frequency is referred to as
___________.
Reciprocity
ECE Board Exam November 1998
What is the term for the ratio of the radiation resistance of an antenna to the total
resistance of the system?
Antenna efficiency
ECE Board Exam April 1997
__________ is a device that detects both vertically and horizontally polarized signal
simultaneously.
Orthomode transducer
ECE Board Exam November 1996
Which is the non-resonant antenna?
Rhombic antenna
-------------------- resonant antenna-------------------
Broadside antenna
Folded dipole
End fire array
ECE Board Exam March 1996
An antenna which is not resonant at a particular frequency and so can be used over a
wide band of frequencies is called
Aperiodic
ECE Board Exam April 2001
What is the usual electrical length of a driven element in a HF beam antenna?
1/2 wavelength
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What is an antenna element that is not directly connected to the feed line, but which
affects the radiation pattern and feed-point impedance of the antenna?
Parasitic element
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What is the purpose of the two yagi beam antenna on a VHF TV receiver?
For receiving low and high band stations
ECE Board Exam November 1999
What is a parasitic element of an antenna?
An element that receives its excitation from mutual coupling rather than from a
transmission line
ECE Board Exam April 1999
One of the following refers to the usage of a small loop antenna in radio
communications
For direction finding purposes
ECE Board Exam April 1998
How can the antenna efficiency of an HF grounded vertical antenna be made
comparable to that of a half-wave antenna?
By installing a good ground radial system
ECE Board Exam November 1998
Determine the dB gain of a receing antenna which delivers a microvolt signal to a
transmission line over that of an antenna that delivers a 2 microvolt signal under
identical circumstances.
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ECE Board Exam November 1997
A region in front of a paraboloid antenna
Transmission zone
Fraunhofer
Fresnel
ECE Board Exam April 1997
How much does the radiated power of an antenna increases if its current increased by
3.3 times?
ECE Board Exam November 1996
A horizontal antenna is
Horizontally polarized
ECE Board Exam March 1996
The capture area of an antenna is directly proportional to the
Gain of the antenna
ECE Board Exam April 2001
What property of an antenna which is a reason for its efficiency in receiving and
transmitting the intended electromagnetic energy and is physically identical to its
physical configuration?
Polarization
ECE Board Exam April 1998
Known as the technique for adding a series inductor at or near the center of an antenna
element in order to cancel the capacitive reactance of an antenna.
Loading coil
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A helical antenna is used for satellite tracking because of ___________
Circular polarization
ECE Board Exam April 1997
What is the estimated medium wind loading in the Philippines for antenna tower design?
200 kph
ECE Board Exam March 1996
The standard reference antenna for the directive gain is __________
Isotropic antenna
ECE Board Exam April 2001
One of the following is referred to as a way of increasing the electrical length of an
antenna.
By adding an inductor in series
ECE Board Exam November 2000
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A type of antenna that has physical length equivalent to one half-wavelength of the radio
frequency being used
Hertz
ECE Board Exam April 2000
Ratio of radiation resistance to the total resistance on an antenna system.
Antenna efficiency
ECE Board Exam November 1999
Due to the presence of parallel LC networks in the trap antenna, one of the following is
a disadvantage of using this kind of antenna.
Radiate harmonics
ECE Board Exam April 1999
How can the approximate beamwidth of a rotatable beam antenna be determined?
Note the two points where the signal strength of the antenna is down 3 dB from
the maximum signal point and compute the angular difference.
ECE Board Exam April 1998
What is meant by the term antenna bandwidth?
The frequency range over which the antenna can be expected to perform well
ECE Board Exam November 1997
What makes an antenna physically long but electrically short?
Adding C in series
ECE Board Exam March 1996
A type of an undergrounded antenna is a/an _____ antenna
Hertz
ECE Board Exam April 2001
What is the term for an antenna element which is supplied power from a transmitter
through a transmission line?
Driven element
ECE Board Exam November 2000
In the propagation of radio signals through an aerial, at what angle does magnetic field
are positioned with reference to the direction of the propagation
90
ECE Board Exam April 2000
What happens to the resonant frequency of a vertical antenna when it is made to
lengthen?
Decreases
ECE Board Exam November 1999
How do you compare the length of the reflector element of a parasitic beam antenna
with that of its driven element?
Reflector element is 5% longer
ECE Board Exam April 1999
What do you call the LC networks inserted in an antenna element to provide multiband
operation?
Traps
ECE Board Exam April 1998
Where does the voltage node of a half-wave antenna exist?
At feed point
ECE Board Exam November 1997
Radiation characteristics of a dipole.
Bidirectional
ECE Board Exam April 1997
The minimum number of turns a helix antenna must have.
3
ECE Board Exam March 1996/November 1999
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What is meant by antenna gain?
The numeric ratio relating the radiated signal strength of an antenna to that of
another antenna.
ECE Board Exam 2001
Which of the following type of radio communication antenna does not deliver an omni-
directional radiation pattern?
Yagi
ECE Board Exam November 2000
In radio communication, the term trap antenna is referred to, in one of the following
statements:
Antenna which can be used on more than one band due to the use of parallel LC
networks.
ECE Board Exam April 2000
Which of the following is the normal electrical length of a driven element of an HF beam
antenna?
1/2 wavelength
ECE Board Exam November 1999
What is the purpose of a certain antenna component composed of a parallel LC
networks inserted in the antenna called traps?
Provide a multiband operation
ECE Board Exam April 1999
In radio communications technology, the basic functions of an antenna is to
__________
Generate and collect electromagnetic energy
ECE Board Exam April 19983
This is a flexible vertical rod antenna commonly used on mobiles.
Whip
ECE Board Exam November 1997
Determine the gain of a 6 ft. parabolic dish operating at 1800 MHz.
ECE Board Exam April 1997
When testing transmitter to prevent interfering with other stations, which type of antenna
must be used?
Dummy antenna
ECE Board Exam March 1996
It consists of a number of dipoles of equal size, equally spaced along a straight line with
all dipoles fed in the same phase from the source.
Broadside array
ECE Board Exam November 2000
Radio wave concentration in the direction of the signal emitted by a directional antenna
Major lobe radiation
ECE Board Exam April 2000
Determine the approximate length of a simple whip quarter wave antenna at UHF
frequency of 450.25 MHz.
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ECE Board Exam November 1999
Refers to the numerical ratio relating to the radiated signal strength of an antenna to
that of another antenna.
Antenna gain
ECE Board Exam April 1998
What is dummy antenna?
A non-radiating load for a transmitter used for testing
ECE Board Exam November 1997
A convenient method of determining antenna impedance.
Smith chart
ECE Board Exam April 1997
A device that radiates electromagnetic energy and or intercepts electromagnetic
radiation.
Antenna
ECE Board Exam March 1996
A type of array antenna which consists of one half-wave driven dipole, one reflector and
one director.
Yagi-Uda
ECE Board Exam November 2000
Referred as an effect of parasitic elements in an antenna system
Increase its directivity
ECE Board Exam November 1999
Which of the following is taken as the standard reference antenna for directive gain?
Isotropic
ECE Board Exam April 2000
What is the length of a simple quarter wave antenna using a VHF frequency of 150.55
MHz?
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