Calculations: Antenna specs; SWR, Bandwidth, Rad.Eff, Q-factor

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Is it possible to give approx. answers about what an antenna is capable of? There is a lot of formuals out there, but every single one I found is based on actual measurement; input, output, SWR (Standing Wave Ratio) etc.

eg: I want to build a dipole for 450 MHz, what can I expect in bandwidth, q-factor, impedance matching, SWR ?

Is there some kind of standard chart board for diffrent antennas regarding the specs mentioned above? Like standard values you can expect if the construction is not that bad.

If you have a good website that can help me out please let me know. I want to learn how to do this for diffrent antennas.

Best Answer

Check out the link below - the best I've found on dipole antennas:

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp-pdf-files/WHP132.pdf