This is Class 1 in the HackadayU: Introduction to Antenna Basics course with Karen Rucker.


Introduction to radio frequency engineering for antennas. Topics covered will be, but are not limited to: electromagnetic waves, impedance matching, polarization, gain, and frequency bands.

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Playlist for the Introduction to Antenna Basics series:    • HackadayU: Introduction to Antenna Ba...  

0:00 Start
2:06 What’s an Antenna?
7:02 Maxwell Equations
9:18 Electromagnetic Waves
12:48 Polarization
17:40 Gain
20:42 Radiation Patterns
23:19 VSWR
27:50 Impedance Matching
31:28 Frequency Bands