Equipment

Measurement Instruments and Devices

  • antenna radiation measurement system, 600 MHz - 6 GHz
  • vector network analyzer, 400 MHz - 6 GHz, 2 pcs.
  • spectrum analyzer
    • (desktop) HP 8594E, 9 kHz - 2.9 GHz, 50 ohm  
    • (desktop) Advantest U4342, 9 kHz - 2.2 GHz, 50 ohm
    • (mobile) Aaronia, SPECTRAN HF-6060 v4, 10 MHz - 6 GHz, -150 dBm, with large- and miniature- tripod
  • USB frequency generator / power detector, Windfreak Technologies SynthNV, 137.5 MHz - 4.4 GHz 
  • USB RF mixer,  Windfreak Technologies MixNV, 30 MHz - 5 GHz 
  • digital oscilloscope GW Instek GDS 2202-E, 200 MHz, 1GS/s, 2 ch. 
  • arbitrary function generator GW Instek AFG-2225, 2 ch.
  • DC power supply Focus HY3005D
  • digital LCR meter, EXTECH Instruments LCR200, L=[0uH .. 2000H], C=[0pF .. 2mF], R=[0 ohm .. 200 Mohm], f = [100Hz, 120Hz, 1kHz, 10kHz, 100kHz]
  • PCI-GPIB card + GPIB cable 2m, National Instruments

Software and development platforms in use

  • FEKO CAD
  • LabVIEW, National Instruments
  • Julia, Python, MATLAB
  • Aaronia Spectrum Analysis software 
  • Windfreak Technologies software
  • SPLAT

RF Electronic Devices

  • TV repeater - analog, imp PTVL 44/10, 278787, CH 29/45, 10 W
  • TV repeater - analog, imp PTVL 44/10, 278786, CH 39/47, 10 W
  • DVB-T receivers with analog modulators, 2 pcs., Topfield TF4000T
  • TV modulator, ELTI MOD 9034M (for display)
  • TV repeater, imp PTVL 43/10, SAT-CH/CH10 (for demo)

Antennas

  • UHF 2-dipole TV panel antenna, ELTI TVA 24/50, 470 MHz - 862 MHz, 10 dBi
  • UHF log-periodic antenna, commercial, 2 pcs.
  • UHF Yagi tri-band antenna, Jaybeam 7175890, 890 MHz - 960 MHz, 12.2 dB
  • Multi-band panel antenna, Kathrein 742215, 1710 MHz - 1880 MHz  /  1850 MHz - 1990 MHz  /  1920 MHz - 2200 MHz, 18 dB (for display)
  • 2.4 GHz helix antenna (student project)
  • 2.4 GHz rectangular microstrip antenna (student project)

Other Larger Passive Components

  • TV UHF triplexer, CH37, CH45, CH47
  • Tripod (as antenna masts), 2 pcs.
  • UHF splitter, Konig, 5 MHz - 1000 MHz, 1:1
  • Directional coupler, Fairview Microwave MC0512-10, 10 dB, 500 MHz - 12.4 GHz, 30 W
  • Directional coupler, Grentech SGR-OHQ-10-D, 10 dB, 800-2500 MHz, 200 W
  • Attenuators, fixed: 10 dB, 15 dB, 20 dB, variable: 0-20 dB
  • Coaxial attenuator, JSP-COAX, 18 dB

Development devices and platforms

  • FPGA education and development board, Altera DE2

Industry Contributors

Over time, the Lab has been supported by, or cooperated with several companies in the form of equipment-, supplies-, and manufacturing- donations. We thank the following companies for their support:

  • Croatian Telecom (Hrvatski telekom), 
  • Transmitters and Link (Odašiljači i veze), 
  • Mjerne tehnologije (mTeh),
  • Taconic,
  • ITD-tim,
  • MegiQ
  • DuPont.