Updated Status on the Activities of the EurAAP Working Group on Antenna Measurements

In the past few years, the working group (WG) on antenna measurements, being part of the European antenna and propagation association (Eur AAP), has spent a great deal of effort in carrying out a whole range of antenna measurement related activities and projects. These activities cover various areas of antenna measurements and are sub-divided into different tasks, such as measurements and comparisons of reference antennas, revisions of IEEE antenna measurement standards, self-assessment measurements of facilities, and emerging techniques for antenna over-the-air (OTA) measurements. This paper gives an update of the status of these activities carried out by the Eur AAPWg on antenna measurements including the initial of a new campaign based for a first time on a low directive antenna, an MVG SMC2200 monocone antenna on a circular ground plane. Moreover, the new activities in collaboration with the EurAAP WG on software and modeling tools will be presented with the aim of promoting the benefits of the synergy between measurement and simulation modeling tools.