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- | VE7HZF is editing this section, please do not edit it until this notice is taken down. | + | | [[..:home|Ham Basics]] |
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- | ====== | + | ====== |
+ | Back on the [[intro# | ||
- | ===== How To Make A Radio Wave ===== | + | <WRAP indent prewrap 80%> |
- | Back on the [[intro#hz |Intro Page]], we were introduced to the idea of frequency and saw that | + | A Hertz (Hz) is a measure of how fast something vibrates |
- | >A Hertz (Hz) is a measure of how fast something vibrates [...] | + | Just seeing “Hz” doesn' |
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- | >Just seeing “Hz” doesn' | + | |
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- | >Without going into too much detail (yet), radio waves are created by oscillating electric currents. How many times this current oscillates per second is called the frequency, which is measured in Hz (or kHz, MHz, GHz). | + | |
- | It's now time to add a few more details. | + | Radio waves are created by oscillating electric currents. How many times this current oscillates per second is called the frequency, which is measured in Hz. |
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+ | It's now time to add a few more details | ||
- Get a length of conducting wire and lay it in a straight line. | - Get a length of conducting wire and lay it in a straight line. | ||
- Cut it in half right in the middle and bend both ends at right angle. | - Cut it in half right in the middle and bend both ends at right angle. | ||
- Connect the two middle ends to each side of an alternating current generator. | - Connect the two middle ends to each side of an alternating current generator. | ||
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+ | {{..: | ||
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+ | Voila! The antenna we've made is called a // | ||
- | Voila! Assuming that the length of the antenna (the two pieces of wires) match the frequency of the current generator, and that the antenna is high enough above the ground, you've created a radio wave.((GIF from [[wp>Dipole_antenna |Wikipedia Dipole Antenna]])) | + | {{ youtube>JvPBlKLXVyo }} |
- | So what happens is that as electrons move up and down the length of the wires, they create a varying electric and magnetic fields that couple together according to [[wp> | + | ====== Horizontal vs Vertical Polarization ====== |
- | ===== Horizontal vs Vertical Polarization ===== | + | {{ |
- | + | Here's the critical part though: | |
- | {{ polarization.jpg}} | + | |
- | Here's the critical part though: | + | |
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===== Effect on Communication ===== | ===== Effect on Communication ===== | ||
- | In practice, polarization is more important for VHF and UHF communication because signals | + | The polarization of an antenna is determined by the orientation of the electric field relative to the Earth' |
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+ | In practice, polarization is more important for VHF and UHF communication because signals | ||
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+ | ====== Wavelength and Antenna Length ====== | ||
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+ | As we saw previously, the wavelength (λ) in metres of the wave is dictated by the frequency \$f\$ in MHz and the speed of light: | ||
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+ | \$$ \lambda = \frac{300}{f} \qquad \text{or} \qquad f = \frac{300}{\lambda}\$$ | ||
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+ | This explains the Band name in the table on the [[intro# | ||
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+ | Now it turns out that the size of the antenna is very closely related to the wavelength of the signal we wish to transmit or receive. | ||
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+ | We say " | ||
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+ | ===== Cellphone Antenna ===== | ||
+ | LTE band 1 operates roughly at 2100 MHz.(([[wp> | ||
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+ | * The wave length is: 300 ÷ 2100 = 0.14m = 14cm | ||
+ | * Half of the wave length would be 7cm, which is small enough to fit in the cellphone. | ||
- | For skywave HF communications, | ||
====== Questions ====== | ====== Questions ====== | ||
- | * B-007-004-007 | ||
- | * B-007-004-010 | ||
- | * B-007-007-002 -> B-007-007-011 | ||
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