Relationship To Average Radiated Power
The electric field strength at a specific point can be determined from the power delivered to the transmitting antenna, its geometry and radiation resistance. Consider the case of a center-fed half-wave dipole antenna in free space . If constructed from thin conductors, the current distribution is essentially sinusoidal and the radiating electric field is given by
where is the angle between the antenna axis and the vector to the observation point, is the peak current at the feed-point, is the permittivity of free-space, is the speed of light in a vacuum, and is the distance to the antenna in meters. When the antenna is viewed broadside the electric field is maximum and given by
Solving this formula for the peak current yields
The average power to the antenna is
where is the center-fed half-wave antenna’s radiation resistance. Substituting the formula for into the one for and solving for the maximum electric field yields
Therefore, if the average power to a half-wave dipole antenna is 1 mW, then the maximum electric field at 313 m (1027 ft) is 1 mV/m (60 dBµ).
For a short dipole the current distribution is nearly triangular. In this case, the electric field and radiation resistance are
Using a procedure similar to that above, the maximum electric field for a center-fed short dipole is
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