//Chapter 21: Antenna Measurements //Example 21-4.1 clc; //Variable Initialization D = 1 //Diameter of antenna (m) f = 10e9 //Frequency (Hz) c = 3e8 //Speed of light (m/s) //Calculations wave_lt = c/f //Wavelength (m) hpbw = 70*wave_lt/D //Half power beamwidth (degrees) mea_dist = 2*(D**2)/wave_lt //Measurement distance (m) trav_dist = hpbw*%pi*mea_dist/180 //Traverse distance (m) taper = ((0.5/(trav_dist/2))**2)*(-3) //Amplitude taper (dB) //Result mprintf("The amplitude taper is %.1f dB", taper)