Dipole Antenna Calculator
Calculate wavelength, practical dipole dimensions, feed-point impedance, gain, and recommended mounting height.
Browse practical RF and antenna design tools for calculating dimensions, wavelength, gain, impedance, and other key parameters.
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Calculate wavelength, practical dipole dimensions, feed-point impedance, gain, and recommended mounting height.
Calculate wavelength, radiation resistance and gain of an electrically short dipole antenna.
Calculate practical dimensions, impedance, gain, and mounting recommendations for a half-wave dipole antenna.
Calculate broadband dipole dimensions and thickness characteristics.
Calculate dimensions, feed impedance, gain, and matching requirements for a standard folded dipole antenna.
Calculate the dimensions and characteristics of an ideal half-wave wire dipole antenna.
Calculate the theoretical and practical starting length for an end-fed long wire antenna based on operating frequency and electrical length.
Calculate the practical wire length and feed-system references for an end-fed half-wave (EFHW) antenna.
Calculate the starting radiator and radial lengths for a quarter-wave vertical or ground-plane antenna.
Calculate the practical physical length of a whip antenna for a selected frequency and electrical length.
Calculate the ideal normalized radiation field, relative power, and attenuation at an elevation angle for common antenna patterns.
Check a random wire antenna length against the operating frequency and identify nearby half-wave resonance points to avoid difficult tuner matches.
Calculate total link loss, incident power, C/N₀, Carrier-to-Noise Ratio (C/N), and Eb/N₀ for satellite communication links.
Calculate free-space path loss (FSPL), wavelength, and atmospheric loss context for satellite radio links.
Calculate orbital radius, period, velocity, and geostationary synchronization for circular Earth orbits.
Calculate orbital period, velocity, horizon coverage, footprint radius, and maximum pass duration for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites.
Calculate the coverage footprint radius, central earth angle, surface area, and maximum slant range for any satellite altitude and elevation mask.
Calculate one-way propagation delay, single-hop RTT, and double-hop round-trip latency for satellite communication links.
Calculate period, velocity, Sun-Synchronous inclination (SSO), and equatorial ground-track shift for polar Earth orbits.
Calculate ground coverage radius, footprint surface area, central angle, and maximum slant range for a given satellite altitude and minimum elevation angle.
Calculate wavelength, free-space path loss (FSPL), and sub-band allocation for Ka-band satellite frequencies (17.7–40 GHz).
Calculate wavelength, free-space path loss (FSPL), and sub-band allocation for Ka-band satellite frequencies (17.7–40 GHz).
Calculate wavelength, free-space path loss (FSPL), and link parameters for C-band satellite uplinks and downlinks.
Calculate the true azimuth, elevation angle, and LNB polarization skew for pointing a dish at a geostationary satellite.
Calculate horizon slant range, ground coverage distance, central angle, and maximum pass duration for satellite ground station line-of-sight visibility.
Calculate uplink received power at the satellite transponder input, isotropic received power, and uplink C/N₀.
Calculate ground station received power (dBW/dBm), system figure of merit (G/T), and carrier-to-noise density ratio (C/N₀) for a satellite downlink.
Estimate theoretical 5G NR peak throughput using channel bandwidth, spectral efficiency, MIMO layers, and protocol overhead. This simplified calculator does not model resource blocks (RBs), numerology, coding rate, carrier aggregation, or TDD slot configuration.
Convert 3GPP 5G NR-ARFCN values across all three global frequency rasters (0–100 GHz) into carrier frequencies.
Estimate UE-to-gNodeB distance, one-way propagation delay, round-trip propagation delay, and timing advance resolution using the 3GPP 5G NR Timing Advance equations defined in TS 38.213.
Calculate total received power, SS-RSRP per subcarrier, thermal noise floor, and SNR for 5G NR gNodeB downlinks.
Convert a Global Synchronization Channel Number (GSCN) into its exact SS/PBCH block (SSB) reference frequency across 0–100 GHz.
Classify 5G carrier frequencies into 3GPP FR1, FR2-1, or FR2-2 ranges and determine supported sub-carrier spacings (SCS).
Calculate exact 3GPP TS 38.214 compliant Transport Block Size (TBS) from allocated resource elements, modulation scheme, code rate, and MIMO layers.
Calculate exact wavelength (m, cm, mm) and classify satellite carrier frequencies across 3GPP NTN bands (n254, n255, n256) and RF bands (L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka).
Convert 5G NR SSB EPRE power between dBm, mW, µW, nW, and Watts, and estimate total gNodeB sector RF transmit power.
Calculate and validate 36-bit 5G NR Cell Identity (NCI) in Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Binary formats from gNB ID and Cell ID.
Estimate the received Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) using a simplified radio link budget including reference signal transmit power, path loss, antenna gains, and additional system losses.
Calculate spectral efficiency (bit/s/Hz) from achieved data throughput and occupied RF bandwidth, with 3GPP performance ratings.
Estimate geometric first- and second-tier neighbor counts, inter-site distance, and site density for initial 5G RF planning.
Calculate the average Energy Per Resource Element (EPRE) from the total transmit power and the number of active resource elements. This simplified calculator assumes transmit power is evenly distributed across all active REs.
Evaluate 3GPP TS 23.501 standardized 5QI parameters including Packet Delay Budget (PDB), Packet Error Rate (PER), Priority Level, Resource Type, and Bit Rate targets.
Calculate dimensions and operating characteristics of quarter-wave monopole antennas.
Calculate whip antenna dimensions and estimate ground plane suitability for mobile installations.
Calculate quarter-wave ground plane antenna dimensions, impedance, and estimated gain.
Calculate the recommended dimensions of a telescopic antenna for various wave ratios.
Calculate the dimensions and characteristics of a Yagi-Uda antenna including gain, boom length, reflector, driven element, and director sizes.
Calculate Yagi-Uda antenna dimensions, boom length, gain, front-to-back ratio, beamwidth, and recommended installation parameters.
Calculate dimensions, bandwidth ratio, and estimated gain for a log-periodic dipole array antenna.
Calculate LPDA bandwidth ratio, element dimensions, estimated element count, boom length, and gain.
Calculate wavelength, reflector dimensions, spacing, and estimated gain of a corner reflector antenna.
Calculate gain, beamwidth and aperture characteristics of a parabolic dish antenna.
Calculate gain, beamwidth, and aperture characteristics of a rectangular horn antenna.
Calculate wavelength, slot spacing, array length and estimated gain of a slotted waveguide antenna.
Calculate wavelength, aperture efficiency, gain, effective aperture, and estimated beamwidth for aperture antennas.
Calculate phased array gain, beamwidth and array dimensions.
Calculate radiation resistance, loop dimensions, and electrical characteristics of a small loop antenna.
Calculate axial-mode helical antenna dimensions, gain, pitch angle, and beam characteristics.
Calculate wavelength, element dimensions, and operating parameters for a circularly polarized cloverleaf antenna.
Calculate the dimensions and bandwidth characteristics of an Archimedean spiral antenna.
Calculate wavelength, element length and recommended feed dimensions for a bow-tie antenna.
Calculate approximate dimensions and bandwidth parameters for a Vivaldi tapered slot antenna.
Estimate multi-band resonances and wavelength characteristics of generic self-similar fractal antennas.
Calculate wavelength and common omnidirectional antenna dimensions.
Calculate patch dimensions, effective dielectric constant, guided wavelength, ground plane dimensions, and antenna characteristics using the transmission line model.
Calculate the dimensions and design parameters of a rectangular microstrip patch antenna using the transmission-line model.
Calculate approximate dimensions of a Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA).
Calculate resonant dimensions and antenna characteristics for a quarter-wave Inverted-F antenna.
Calculate NFC antenna inductance and tuning capacitance for 13.56 MHz applications.
Calculate wavelength and approximate wearable antenna dimensions for textile substrates.
Calculate the dimensions of a microstrip slot antenna including guided wavelength, resonant slot length and recommended ground plane size.
Calculate wavelength, slot dimensions, cavity depth, and estimated gain for a cavity-backed slot antenna.
Calculate wavelength and antenna dimensions for UHF frequencies (300–3000 MHz).
Calculate wavelength and antenna dimensions for VHF frequencies (30–300 MHz).
Calculate the dimensions and operating characteristics of an ideal free-space microwave half-wave dipole antenna.
Calculate antenna gain, wavelength, directivity, linear gain, and antenna classification using effective aperture and efficiency.
Calculate antenna radiation efficiency, power loss, efficiency in dB, and antenna performance rating.
Calculate antenna bandwidth, center frequency, fractional bandwidth, bandwidth ratio, quality factor, and bandwidth classification.
Calculate VSWR, return loss, reflected power, and mismatch loss from the reflection coefficient.
Calculate return loss, VSWR, mismatch loss and reflected power from the reflection coefficient.
Calculate antenna impedance matching, VSWR, reflection coefficient, return loss, mismatch loss, reflected power, resonance condition, and power transfer efficiency.
Calculate the approximate radiation resistance of a short dipole antenna.
Calculate antenna beamwidth using frequency and antenna diameter.
Calculate antenna front-to-back ratio, linear power ratio, and rear radiation percentage.
Calculate the antenna Q factor and fractional bandwidth from the center frequency and operating bandwidth.
Calculate wavelength, antenna dimensions, electrical length, and transmission line parameters.
Convert frequency into wavelength and calculate common antenna dimensions including quarter-wave, half-wave, and 5/8-wave lengths.
Calculate electrical length, wavelength in transmission lines, and propagation delay.
Calculate wavelength, electrical length, and transmission line dimensions using velocity factor.
Calculate free-space path loss, EIRP, and received power using the Friis transmission equation.
Calculate wavelength, free-space path loss, and linear loss factor from frequency and distance.
Calculate free-space path loss, EIRP, and received signal level for RF and wireless communication links.
Calculate Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP), ERP, and net system gain.
Calculate Fresnel zone radius, clearance requirements, and obstacle position for wireless and microwave links.
Calculate the ratio between antenna noise temperature and a reference temperature in both linear and decibel (dB) scales.
Calculate the recommended dimensions and operating bandwidth of a Discone antenna.
Calculate practical dimensions, feed point location, and antenna characteristics for a J-Pole antenna.
Calculate approximate dimensions and characteristics of a Rhombic antenna.
Calculate wavelength, recommended Beverage antenna lengths, height, termination resistance, and DX reception performance.
Calculate turnstile antenna dimensions, feed line requirements and polarization characteristics.
Calculate wavelength, characteristic impedance and lowest operating frequency of a biconical antenna.
Calculate the dimensions of a coaxial sleeve (bazooka) antenna including total length and sleeve dimensions.
Calculate wavelength, element lengths, total antenna length, and estimated gain for a collinear antenna.
Calculate practical dimensions and operating characteristics of a quarter-wave Marconi monopole antenna.
Calculate electrical length, radiation resistance, and gain for an electrically short Hertzian dipole antenna.
Calculate dimensions, spacing, and estimated gain for a Cubical Quad antenna.
Calculate approximate Moxon Rectangle antenna dimensions from operating frequency.
Calculate sector antenna gain, wavelength and directivity using beamwidth and efficiency.
Calculate wavelength, half-wave and quarter-wave dimensions, and recommended cage dimensions for a cage antenna.
Calculate characteristic impedance, velocity factor, propagation velocity, and other transmission line parameters of a coaxial cable.
Calculate transmission line loss, output power, efficiency and cable performance.
Calculate Smith Chart parameters including VSWR, return loss, mismatch loss and normalized impedance.
Calculate the TE₁₀ cutoff frequency and recommended operating range for rectangular waveguides.
Calculate balun impedance ratio, turns ratio and common balun type.
Calculate transmission line wavelength, electrical length and approximate stub dimensions.
Calculate radial lengths, total wire requirements, and estimated ground system efficiency for vertical antennas.
Calculate wavelength, radial lengths, total wire requirements, and estimated ground efficiency for a counterpoise system.
Calculate ideal array gain and MIMO characteristics for wireless communication systems.
Calculate ideal and realistic 5G antenna array gain, beamforming gain, efficiency loss, and estimated EIRP for Massive MIMO antenna systems.
Calculate wavelength, array gain, beam width and phased-array antenna parameters.
Calculate array gain, beamforming gain, and Massive MIMO characteristics for modern wireless communication systems.
Calculate wavelength and approximate dimensions for GPS patch antennas.
Calculate satellite dish azimuth, elevation angle and slant range for geostationary satellites.
Calculate satellite elevation angle, azimuth angle, slant range, and line-of-sight status for geostationary satellites.
Calculate radio horizon, line-of-sight distance, optical horizon, wavelength, tower classification, and antenna coverage estimates.
Calculate guy wire dimensions, anchor recommendations and installation angles.
Calculate the maximum radio line-of-sight distance between two antennas using their heights.
Convert RF power from dBm into watts, milliwatts, microwatts, nanowatts, picowatts, dBW, and linear power ratio.
Convert RF power from watts to dBm, dBW, milliwatts, kilowatts, and horsepower using standard RF engineering equations.
Convert antenna gain referenced to an isotropic radiator (dBi) into gain referenced to a half-wave dipole (dBd).
Convert antenna gain referenced to a half-wave dipole (dBd) into isotropic gain (dBi), including equivalent linear power and field gain.
Convert RF power (dBm) to RMS, peak, and peak-to-peak voltage across a known load impedance.
Convert RMS voltage into RF power using a specified load impedance. Calculates power in W, mW, dBW, dBm, RMS current, peak voltage, and peak-to-peak voltage.
Convert frequency from megahertz to gigahertz with free-space wavelength, wave period, and IEEE/ITU band classification.
Convert frequency from gigahertz to megahertz with free-space wavelength and period calculations.
Convert frequency into signal period and angular frequency using standard engineering units.
Convert signal wave period to frequency across Hz, kHz, MHz, GHz, and THz, with free-space wavelength, angular frequency, and band classification.
Convert an angle from degrees to radians and calculate the corresponding trigonometric values commonly used in RF, antenna, DSP, and engineering applications.
Convert radians to decimal degrees, Degrees-Minutes-Seconds (DMS), normalized angles, π multiples, and common trigonometric values.
Calculate far-field power density, E/H field strengths, FCC/ICNIRP frequency-dependent MPE exposure margins, FSPL, and far-field boundary limits.
Calculate Effective Radiated Power (ERP) from transmitter power, antenna gain, and feed-line loss. Also computes equivalent EIRP and related engineering values.
Convert Effective Radiated Power (ERP) referenced to a half-wave dipole into Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) and display equivalent engineering power units.
Convert Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) to Effective Radiated Power (ERP) and display equivalent power in multiple engineering units.
Calculate reflection coefficient, return loss, mismatch loss, reflected power, transmitted power, and transmission coefficients from VSWR.
Convert reflection coefficient magnitude to VSWR, return loss, mismatch loss, reflected power, and delivered power.
Calculate Polarization Loss Factor (PLF), power coupling efficiency, and cross-polarization discrimination for linear, circular, and elliptical antenna alignment.
Calculate phase shift in degrees and radians from frequency and time delay, along with equivalent physical path difference and wavelength fraction.
Calculate exact characteristic impedance, physical/electrical quarter-wave length, reflection coefficient, transformation ratios, and mismatch loss for quarter-wave matching transformers.
Calculate propagation delay, propagation velocity, guided wavelength, delay per metre, and electrical length of an RF transmission line.
Calculate one-way propagation delay, round-trip delay, propagation velocity, wavelength in the cable, electrical length, and RF phase shift for a coaxial cable.
Calculate the physical length of an RF transmission-line stub from frequency, velocity factor, and electrical angle. Includes guided wavelength, propagation delay, and common wavelength fractions.
Calculate the characteristic impedance, propagation velocity, delay and wavelength of a symmetric stripline using standard stripline equations.
Calculate reflection coefficient, return loss, mismatch loss, reflected power, and delivered power from a specified VSWR.
Calculate coaxial cable velocity factor, propagation velocity, propagation delay, and wavelength scaling from the dielectric constant (relative permittivity).
Calculate input reactance, equivalent capacitance/inductance, and physical length for a lossless open-circuited transmission line stub.
Calculate the input reactance, susceptance, and equivalent L/C values of a short-circuited transmission-line stub.
Calculate per-port output power for an equal-split RF power divider.
Calculate the normalized array factor, array factor in dB, phase difference, main beam direction, and estimated array gain for a uniform linear antenna array.
Calculate directivity, broadside HPBW, array length, and grating lobe safety bounds for a uniform linear array (ULA).
Calculate element spacing and ideal gain for a uniformly excited circular array.
Calculate broadside array gain and half-power beamwidth (HPBW) using zero progressive phase.
Calculate ordinary and Hansen–Woodyard end-fire array parameters including progressive phase, array length, directivity estimate, and gain.
Calculates Chebyshev scaling parameter x₀, array directivity, maximum element spacing, and beamwidth for a given SLL.
Calculate the binomial excitation coefficients for a uniform linear antenna array using Pascal's Triangle. Binomial arrays eliminate sidelobes at the expense of wider beamwidth and lower directivity.
Estimate coherent beamforming gain, post-beamforming SNR, available adaptive nulling degrees of freedom (DoF), and estimated SINR for linear smart antenna arrays.
Estimate adaptive antenna array processing gain, effective gain, output SINR, and interference rejection using array efficiency.
Estimate ideal Massive MIMO array gain, effective SNR, spectral efficiency and aggregate channel capacity using Shannon theory.
Full 2D planar/1D linear phased array solver: computes realized gain, scan loss, EIRP, 3D beamwidths, aperture efficiency, grating lobe boundaries, and far-field distances.
Calculate the progressive phase shift required to electronically steer the main beam of a uniform linear antenna array.
Calculate the progressive phase shift required to steer an array pattern null to a targeted angle for N-element linear arrays.
Calculate broadside first sidelobe level, HPBW, broadside first null angle, directivity, and grating lobe conditions for linear antenna arrays.
Calculate the maximum allowable antenna element spacing to prevent grating lobes for a specified scan angle in a uniform linear phased array.
Estimate maximum monostatic radar detection range in free space including system losses and flexible sensitivity units.
Calculate received power, link margin, signal delay, effective aperture, and key radar metrics for a monostatic target in free space including system losses.
Calculate the Doppler frequency shift for a monostatic radar from target radial velocity and operating frequency.
Calculate target radar cross section (RCS in m² and dBsm) from transmit power, receiver power, range, frequency, and antenna gain using the monostatic radar equation.
Calculate the radar pulse width required to achieve a specified range resolution for a pulsed radar system.
Calculate the maximum pulse repetition frequency (PRF), pulse repetition interval (PRI), duty cycle, wavelength, and maximum unambiguous Doppler velocity for a pulsed monostatic radar.
Calculate radar range resolution, cross-range (azimuth) resolution, beam footprint, and equivalent reciprocal bandwidth from radar bandwidth, antenna beamwidth, and target distance.
Calculate WiFi antenna dimensions including wavelength, quarter-wave, half-wave, 5/8-wave elements, monopole length with end-effect correction, and recommended ground plane size.
Calculate Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) antenna dimensions, including wavelength, quarter-wave, half-wave, and 5/8-wave antenna lengths for the 2.4 GHz ISM band.
Calculate theoretical LoRa antenna dimensions in free space and identify common LoRaWAN regional frequency bands. An optional element correction factor compensates for practical antenna shortening.
Calculate ZigBee antenna dimensions including wavelength, quarter-wave monopole, half-wave dipole, 5/8-wave element, recommended ground plane size, and IEEE 802.15.4 band identification.
Calculate theoretical LTE antenna dimensions, practical element lengths, wavelength, approximate LTE bands, and recommended MIMO spacing.
Calculate wavelength and common GSM antenna element lengths for standard cellular frequency bands.
Calculate RFID wavelength, effective wavelength, propagation velocity, quarter-wave, half-wave, full-wave dimensions, and determine the appropriate RFID antenna type.
Calculate wavelength and practical dimensions for a 1090 MHz ADS-B antenna.
Identify common Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency bands and calculate theoretical antenna dimensions.
Calculate Ultra-Wideband (UWB) antenna parameters including lower frequency, upper frequency, wavelength range, fractional bandwidth, and FCC UWB compliance.
Calculate 3GPP NB-IoT physical layer timing, OFDM parameters, resource block characteristics, and transmission mode using standard NB-IoT subcarrier spacing.
Calculate received cellular signal power (RSRP) from transmitter parameters, antenna gains, and losses.
Calculate OFDM useful symbol duration, cyclic prefix overhead, FFT sampling frequency, symbol throughput, efficiency, and related timing parameters.
Estimate the theoretical free-space WiFi coverage distance using a link budget. Includes receiver antenna gain, fade margin, maximum allowable path loss, and estimated range.
Calculate complete LoRa link margin, theoretical receiver sensitivity from SF/BW, and total allowable path loss.
Estimate the theoretical Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication range in free space using the Friis transmission equation and receiver sensitivity.
Estimate the theoretical maximum passive UHF RFID read range using the Friis transmission equation under free-space conditions.
Estimate received power, efficiency, power loss, and RF power level for a wireless power transfer (WPT) system using coupling and system efficiency.
Calculate antenna dimensions, wavelength, propagation delay, Fresnel zone radius, and free-space path loss for common drone communication links.
Calculate smart meter antenna dimensions (quarter-wave, half-wave, 5/8-wave) across ISM bands for wire whips, FR4 microstrip traces, and polyimide flex PCBs.