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Old July 21st 03, 08:32 PM
Dr. Slick
 
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Roy Lewallen wrote in message ...

In the far field, the field strength E from any antenna is sqrt(PD *
Z0), where Z0 is the impedance of free space, very nearly 120 * pi ohms.
E is in volts/meter if PD is watts/meter^2 and Z0 is in ohms.



Oh, i think it's something like this:

Power density is in Watts per square meter, or V**2/(R*m**2).
If you accept that R = impedance of free space = Z0, then these will
cancel, and you are left with E = sqrt (V**2/m**2) = V/m.


Slick