ECE Department, TUP Manila Transmission Media and Antenna Systems

Guided Problem Solving No. 3

1. One hundred watts power output was derived from the final stage amplifier of a transmitter of a
station which is 10 km away from a receiving station. The power output was fed to a transmission
line with attenuation of 0.5 dB/m. Assume that the antenna used has a gain of 2.15 dB, has a height
of 100 m and is matched with the transmission line used, calculate:
a) the electric field strength
b) the magnetic field strength
c) the amount of power incident on a receiving antenna with an effective area of 5 m2
d) What will be the values of Erms and Hrms at a distance of 100 km?
2. Medium 1 is made of silicon and medium 2 is made of glass. Their relative permittivity are 11.83
and 3.66 respectively. For an angle of refraction of 60 degrees, determine:
a) the index of refraction of medium 1
b) the velocity factor of medium 2
c) the incidence angle
d) the angle of reflection
3. Considering ground-wave propagation, what will be the induced voltage on a receiver antenna with
a height of λ/4 (operating frequency of 2 MHz) if a 125 m transmitting antenna (operating at the same
frequency) has an rms current of 8 A. Assume that the distance between the two antenna is 20 km.
4. A radio communication link is to be established via the ionosphere. The maximum virtual height of
the layer is 110 km. at the midpoint of the path and the maximum value of electron density of the
ionosphere is 1.8 x 106 per cm3. If the skip distance between the radio stations is 500 km, using flat
terrain analysis, determine:
a) the angle of radiation
b) the angle of incidence
c) the critical frequency
d) the MUF
e) the OWF
5. Considering space-wave propagation, the transmitting station transmits 100 W of power at
frequency of 80 MHz using half-wave dipole antenna 20 meters above the ground. If the receiver
antenna is also a half-wave dipole with a height of 4 m, determine:
a) the radio horizon
b) the optical horizon
c) the field strength at the receiving antenna if its path distance is equal to the radio horizon