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Q: How do you measure EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power)? ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: How do you measure EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power)?
Category: Science
Asked by: radiodesign-ga
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Posted: 31 Mar 2005 07:46 PST
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Question ID: 503186
What is the method to measure EIRP (effective isotropic radiated
power) of a transmitting device?  What are the typical units of
measure for EIRP (dBm, dBW, etc.)?  Can EIRP be determined from a
field strength measurement (dBuV/m) if you do not know the antenna
gain (dBi) of the device under test?
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Subject: Re: How do you measure EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power)?
From: floridwriter-ga on 09 Apr 2005 20:53 PDT
 
The easiest way to measure EIRP it to measure the radiation pattern
of the antenna.  Finding the (say) 3 dB beamwidth of the antenna
tells you the antenna's gain factor (dBi) relative to an istropic
radiation pattern; assuming you know the power applied to the
antenna, you can calculate IERP.

Choice of units for EIRP depends on the rest of your calculation;
either dBm or dBW could be used - it's mostly a matter of convenience.
Or do it in (watts, milliwatts, microwatts, kilowatts, etc), and
multiply instead of add.

It would seem that a field strength meter would suffice for determining
the antenna beamwidth, assuming you're in the far field of the antenna
and have a suitably-sized test range or an otherwise anechoic environment.

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