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Organizations Industry Periodicals Educational & Technical Resources		The Howland Company Projects on the Web Howland Company Technical Papers

Organizations 3GPP2: 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 "Developing the next generation of cdma2000 wireless communications" ACEC of Georgia American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) AMTA 2011, October 16-21, Englewood, Colorado Antenna Test & Measurement Society (ATMS), India Cellular Telephone & Internet Association (CTIA) CITEL - Inter-American Telecommunication Commission Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society IEEE Communications Society IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society International Test and Evaluation Association ITU - International Telecommunication Union National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder Labs Electromagnetics Division: Antenna Metrology Wireless Systems Metrology National RCS Measurement Facilities Certification Program - details about the program at signaturemeasurements.org Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) - The Wireless Infrastructure Industry Association Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) Telecommunications Industry Association The Range Commanders Council - the DOD agency tasked to coordinate the development and operation of the Navy, Air Force, and Army RDT&E ranges. WiMedia Alliance		The Howland Company projects on the web: Advanced Systems Integration Lab (ASIL) ASIL homepage at NAVAIR Integrated Battlespace Simulation and Test Department NAWCAD Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF) E-2D Faces Tests in Anechoic Chamber Tester magazine, 14April2011 NAVAIR at Pax River describes organizations and facilities Boeing EA-18G Program Completes INCANS Verification Testing, Demonstration (Boeing press release & photo, Nov. 2005) CNO Visits NAVAIR, Gets Update on Improved Readiness (US Navy press release, August 2002) Fleming Steel Company (description & photo of ASIL shielded hangar door, the largest RF-shielded door ever built) Combat Talon II Radome Verification System (RAVS) Photo at Air Force Link Deep Space Network, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Deep Space Network Antennas - (describes the sizes & types of antennas used by the DSN) Large Antennas of the Deep Space Network, William A. Imbriale, Pasadena: JPL, 2002. (316 pages, 8.35mb PDF.) Electromagnetic Vulnerability Assessment Facility (EMVAF), White Sands Missile Range "Army, NASA, Prepare New Facilities At White Sands Missile Range," Defense Daily, 30NOV2007. White Sands Missile Range facility description " New Research Facility Opens at WSMR," Army Public Affairs news release, 23 Nov 2007 "New Facility to Focus on Electromagnetic Vulnerability," Almogordo Daily News F-22 Production RCS Test Facility Lockheed Martin Fifth Generation Fighters video Lockheed Martin's Affordable Stealth (Paper presented at the National Press Club by Dr. Brett Haisty, LMAS Manager of Special Technologies NOTE: 500k PDF file) Air Force's F-22 Program Clears Way for Production Decision (US Air Force press release, Feb. 2001) F-35 RCS Acceptance Test Facility TeamJSF Press Release Lockheed Martin F-35 web page Raytheon Antenna Test Facility Raytheon Antenna Test Facility (ATF) Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) Mesa Antenna Range Missile System Evaluation Arena (MESA) MESA page at the NAVAIR Integrated Battlespace Simulation and Test Department "MESA Building Provides Alternatives to Field Tests," Rocketeer II, 28AUG2008 NAWC China Lake web site DoD TechMatch Facility Description "China Lake" at GlobalSecurity.org Motorola Outdoor Antenna Range Complex "Correction of Antenna Phase Center Offsets in Outdoor Range Measurements," Svigelj, J.; Navsariwala, U.; Porrett, E.; Buris, N. Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. (IEEE login required to view full text.) Nippon Antenna R&D Center Nippon Antenna Co., Ltd. (EU) R&D Center IBB - A/E firm for the design of the parent building Hahlbrock - Supplied the 26m diameter radome for the parent building "The Future Begins Here" (Press announcement of opening of the R&D Center, Nov. 2004) Note: This page is in German. Click here for an English translation. Outdoor RCS Ranges The USAF at White Sands Missile Range: National RCS Test Facility (NRTF)/RATSCAT Advanced Measurement Site (RAMS) RATSCAT Site- images from the early days of testing at RATSCAT IMINT & Analysis: US Restricted and Classified Test Sites "Holloman AFB" at GlobalSecurity.org (Scroll down to "The Radar Target Scatter [RATSCAT] Division is a one-of-a-kind facility ...") "Radar Ranges of the Mojave" by Tom Mahood Primary Standards Lab, Sandia National Lab PSL Homepage "Standards Lab Opens for Business," Mechanical Engineering-CIME, January 1995. "The New State Sandia Primary Standards Facility," David W. Braudaway, Sandia National Labs report no. SAND91-2829, June 1993. Radar Reflectivity Lab, NAWC Pt. Mugu Radar Reflectivity Lab Homepage at NAVAIR Integrated Battlespace Simulation and Test Department Bistatic Anechoic Chamber Large Anechoic Chamber Small Anechoic Chamber DOD TechMatch Facility Listing

Industry Periodicals Antenna Systems & Technology Magazine Conformity Magazine Defense Electronics (formerly RF Design) EETimes Electronic Design IEEE Spectrum ITEM - Interference Technology Microwave Engineering Europe Microwave Journal Microwaves & RF Nasa Tech Briefs PIER Online Test & Measurement World

Educational & Technical Resources DTIC - Defense Technical Information Service: The Scientific & Technical Information Network (STINET) is an online collection of open source technical information, including US and international military research and development Microwaves101.com - Microwave encyclopedia, calculators, and acronyms NASA Technical Reports Server - online access to over 100,000 technical reports, images, and videos, including thousands related to antenna measurements, radar, communications, anechoic chambers, ... NTIS - National Technical Information Service searchable online collections of technical documents covering a wide range of topics RF Cafe - "Resources for Radio, Radar, RF, Microwave, & Wireless Engineering" RF Globalnet - online product directory, technical library, discussion forum, and more... Standards organizations (alphabetically): ANSI Standards Store ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials AWS - American Welding Society Consumer Electronics Association - Technology & Standards Defense Standardization Program - (US) military standards, specifications, and handbooks Department of Energy Technical Standards - online access to an extensive collection of systems engineering and safety standards Ecma International ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute Federal Standards - (US) government standards, specifications, and Commercial Item Descriptions HFES - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission IEEE Standards Association IHS/Global - Distributor for ASME, EIA, MIL, UL, and many other standards IPC - Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits ISO - International Standards Organization NASA Technical Standards Standards.gov - US government site for standards used in federal regulatory and procurement activities Telecommunications Industry Association - Technology and Standards UL - Underwriters Laboratories TechXtra - powerful search service for books, articles, web sites, careers, and more for engineering, computing, and mathematics Telecommunications Glossary - online version of US Federal Standard 1037C, "Glossary of Telecommunication Terms"

THC Technical Papers A selection of technical papers and presentations by Howland Company authors, listed in descending order by publication date (i.e., newest first): "Recent Advances in Anechoic Chamber Characterization Using Spherical Near-Field Imaging," John C. Mantovani, Carl W. Sirles and Ray Howland, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 17-21 October 2011, in Denver. "Testing Large Wireless Devices in Small Anechoic Chambers," James D. Huff and Carl W. Sirles, presented at the AMTASymposium, 17-21 October 2011, in Denver. "A Small Chamber for Wireless Over-the-Air Measurements," James D. Huff and Carl W. Sirles, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 11-15 October 2010, in Atlanta. "A Comparision of Methods for Evaluating the Test Zone Performance of Anechoic Chambers Designed for Testing Wireless Devices" James D. Huff, John C. Mantovani, and Carl W. Sirles, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 11-15 October 2010, in Atlanta. "Broadband Gain Standards for Wireless Measurements," James D. Huff and Carl W. Sirles, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 1-6 November 2009, in Salt Lake City. "A Novel Spherical Scanner System for Telematics Measurements," Carl W. Sirles, Beau J. Hart, John C. Mantovani, and James D. Huff, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 1-6 November 2009, in Salt Lake City. "Anechoic Chamber Performance Characterization Using Spherical Near-Field Imaging Techniques," Carl Sirles, John Mantovani, Ray Howland, and Beau Hart, presented at at EuCAP2009, the 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 23-27 March 2009, in Berlin. "Range Length Requirements for Notebook Computers," Jamie Huff and Carl Sirles, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 16-21 November 2008, in Boston. "Uncertainties in TRP Measurements Due to Finite Range Lengths," Jamie Huff and Carl Sirles, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 16-21 November 2008, in Boston. "The Effect of Range Length of the Measurement of TRP," Jamie Huff and Carl Sirles, presented at AMTA 2007 "Wireless Test Cell Design Considerations," Carl Sirles, Ray Howland, and Michael Sewell, presented at the 10th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics, 20-23 July 2004, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. "Novel Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurement Techniques Advance the State of the Art," Ray Howland, Carl Sirles, and Mike Sewell, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 21-26 October 2001, in Denver. "System Design of a Compact Range Verification Facility for Large Multi-band Radomes," Carl Sirles, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 16-20 October 2000, in Philadelphia. "A Broadband Polarization Selectable Feed for Compact Range Applications," Carl Sirles, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 16-20 October 2000, in Philadelphia. "Troubleshooting Test Facilities with a High-Resolution Instrumentation Radar," Ray Howland and Jud Lyon, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 23-25 September 1986, in Ottawa. "Broadband Reflectivity and Scatter Evaluation of RF Absorbers," Ray Howland and Jud Lyon, presented at the AMTA Symposium, 23-25 September 1986, in Ottawa. "Measuring Antenna Signal Delays," Tom Otoshi and Ray Howland, NASA Tech Briefs, Winter 1985, pp. 70-73. "The design of an Automated, High-Accuracy Antenna Test Facility," Ray Howland and Jud Lyon, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 32:1, March 1983.

		Downloads Files available for download: Data Sheets 2100A Wireless Test Lab 2100A WTL Facility Drawing 3100 Wireless Test Lab 3100 WTL Facility Drawing 3500 Wireless Test Lab 3500 WTL Facility Drawing 4100 Wireless Test Lab 4100 WTL Facility Drawing 4800 Wireless Test Lab 4800 WTL Facility Drawing 7600 Spherical Near Field Vehicle Test System (VTS) VA-100-D Series Dipole Antennas VA-100-H Series Gain Standard Horn Antennas VA-100-L Series Loop Antennas LPA-1 Broadband Gain Standard Antenna QR-1 Quad-Ridge Horn Antenna QR-1 Quad-Ridge Horn Reference Data QR-3A Quad-Ridge Horn Antenna QR-4 Quad-Ridge Horn Antenna Model 504 Azimuth Positioner Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) S100 Tissue Simulant S400 Tissue Simulant Videos Boeing Bird of Prey technology demonstrator at Boeing Phantom Work's Near Field Test Facility (NFTF) Time lapse sequence of an F-22 inside Lockheed's RCS Functional Test Facility MC-130H Combat Talon II Radome Verification System (RAVS) compact range, Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Georgia Nippon Antenna spherical nearfield measurement facility, Itzehoe, Germany (in German)