Preliminary Design of Automatic Antenna Radiation Pattern Measurement System for Antenna and Propagation Laboratory Course

Abstract

Antenna radiation pattern is the major topic of Antenna and Propagation course in Telecommunication Engineering Program Study. Antenna radiation pattern measurement system is strongly required to conduct practical work in the laboratory. This study aims to design Automatic Antenna Radiation Pattern Measurement System based microcontroller for conducting Antenna and Propagation Laboratory course. This system will expand and enrich the topics of practical subjects in the laboratory, and it leads to the achieving of more learning indicators of the Antenna and Propagation course. The methodology used in this research is quantitative method where data obtained through student response questionnaire. The result of student response to designing of this system is 0.86. The interview is conducted with both the expert of media and content. The result shows that this system is necessitated to run the laboratory of Antenna and Propagation course. Keywords—antenna radiation pattern; antenna; microcontroller