Measurement methodology and results of measurements of the man-made noise floor on HF in the Netherlands

TWH Fockens, APM Zwamborn… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio noise of man-made origin has been measured and studied since the 50s of the past
century. From that time on, especially in the last two decades, the electromagnetic …

Determining Antenna Polarization Using Amplitude-Only Measurements With Linear-Polarized Antenna in Three Positions

R Zentner, J Bartolić, A Hrovat - IEEE access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper proposes a novel procedure and the corresponding mathematical method to
measure the polarization characteristics of a planar wave. The method is intended and …

Impact of a Solar X-Flare on NVIS Propagation: Daytime characteristic wave refraction and nighttime scattering

BA Witvliet, E van Maanen, GJ Petersen… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An experiment to investigate several characteristics of near vertical incidence skywave
(NVIS) propagation (polarization, characteristic waves and their isolation, elevation angles …

[HTML][HTML] Gap Analysis of Ambient Electromagnetic Noise Measurements Stored in the ITU Data Banks

BA Witvliet - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
For any radio frequency (RF) sensor (receiver) to function optimally, the ambient noise field
strength, converted to electrical power by the transducer (antenna), must be lower than the …

Design, Construction, Evaluation and Comparison of Antennas for Reception of NOAA Signals

EM Mahecha, AP Avendaño… - Ciencia y Poder …, 2024 - publicacionesfac.com
The objective of this article is to design, build, test, and compare the performance of six
antennas (Turnstile, QHF, double-cross, Moxon, V-dipole, and Eggbeater) used for receiving …

HF urban noise level in variable channels of 3–24 kHz: A preliminary experimental approach

P Bechet, AC Bechet, S Miclaus - Loughborough Antennas & …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lately, there has been a particular interest in increasing the bandwidth of the ionospheric
channel in the high frequency (HF) range. Tests on the use of bandwidths of up to 24kHz …

Escaping the dead zone: A bottleneck in humanitarian ionospheric radio communications

BA Witvliet - 2021 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High Frequency (HF) radio communications are used in humanitarian work in areas where
local networks are non-existent, or destroyed by natural disaster or human conflict. Direct …

HF noise measurements based on Software Defined Radio dual receiver and two orthogonal inverted vee antennas

N Craiu, E Sorecau, R Stanca, S Miclaus… - … and Exposition on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Increasing the data transfer rate in the High Frequency (HF) range involves enlarging the
bandwidth of the channel from the standard value of 3 kHz to values of 6, 12, 24, 48 and …

Intended signals and ambient electromagnetic noise in HF spectrum management

BA Witvliet, E van Maanen, R de Vries… - 2024 4th URSI Atlantic …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Both spectrum management–the organization of radio services in the spectrum to maximize
spectrum utility–and radio link planning and the associated equipment design require a …

Dynamic threshold based target signal cooperative extraction method for high frequency electromagnetic environment measurement

X Shen, Y Ma, J Yu, W Wang, J Huo… - 2017 3rd IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper innovatively proposed a dynamic threshold based target signal cooperative
extraction method for high frequency electromagnetic environment measurement. The …