Captain Obvious here: I would run an ambient survey to see what's out there, and given a broadband antenna like that, you likely need a preselector to to protect from strong out-of-band signals.
If you have strong FM signals, you might want to consider a logperiodic that include the entire FM BCB so that the antenna can be oriented with the transmitter behind it to take advantage of a logperiodic's front-to-back ratio. A preselector only helps out-of-band, and you will need to measure in the FM-band. The above paragraph only really pertains if you have strong directionality in the broadcast. If your parking lot is in the middle of a city with buildings all over the place, that likely won't be the case. Ken Javor Phone: (256) 650-5261 > From: Ralph McDiarmid <ralph.mcdiar...@schneider-electric.com> > Reply-To: Ralph McDiarmid <ralph.mcdiar...@schneider-electric.com> > Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:00:31 +0000 > To: <EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> > Conversation: [PSES] outdoor EMC testing - questions > Subject: Re: [PSES] outdoor EMC testing - questions > > Dear group, > > We are planning to do radiated emissions on a large EUT (a large power > converter) and use a portion of our outdoor, asphalt parking lot as an open > area test site. > We plan to walk an antenna around the EUT, since the EUT and its cabling are > too large to rotate on a platform. It will be installed in a way very > similar to actual use in the field, so I think this is quite close to in-situ > testing. > > 1. has anyone tried this? > 2. apart from a site attenuation test, and perhaps a ground plane metal mesh, > what else would be needed? > > We have facility filters for AC and for DC and voltage probe, current probe, > one "BiConilog" antenna and a nice new SA. We are working with a US EMC > company, and they are a Notified Body under the MRA. > > Thanks, > > Ralph McDiarmid > Product Compliance > Engineering > Solar Business > Schneider Electric > > > > > ________________________________ > This message was scanned by Exchange Online Protection Services. > ________________________________ > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <emc-p...@ieee.org> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used > formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> > David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
