HackadayU is pleased to offer Introduction to Antenna Basics with instructor Karen Rucker.

Classes are live and will take place Thursdays 6:30pm-8pm EDT (Starting May 6th). Q&A will take place right after each class for questions and help from the Instructor. Link to the calendar for easy timezone conversion.

Overview: This course is a basic introduction to common types of antenna design and some of the fundamentals of radio frequency engineering it requires. It is designed to reflect first-year lessons a professional antenna design engineer might learn on the job.

Class 1: 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.
Class 2: Introduction to antenna testing. Topics covered will be, but are not limited to: the far field, VSWR, network analyzers, and s-parameters.
Class 3: Introduction to wire antenna design. Topics covered will be, but are not limited to: dipoles, helixes, and yagis.
Class 4: Introduction to planar antenna design. Topics covered will be, but are not limited to: slots, patches, and vivaldis.
Class 5: Introduction to microwave antenna design. Topics covered will be, but are not limited to: horns, reflectors, waveguides and microwave frequencies.

Schedule: The course will consist of five sessions in total. Each section will contain a live 1-hour class, followed by a live 30-minute office hour where the instructors will be available for questions. Unedited video recordings of each class will be available to everyone registered for the course within 1-2 days (some class recordings may not be available due to technical issues/recording). All courses will be available as edited recordings about a month later on Hackaday's Youtube.

Prerequisites: Some basic electrical engineering knowledge in electromagnetic fields and circuits would be helpful, though not required.

Software/ hardware: None

Certificate: HackadayU is proud to offer a Certificate of Completion for this course. Students will complete a series of quizzes to receive a badge.

About the instructor: Karen Rucker is a spacecraft radio frequency engineer with a background in antenna design. She has a B.S. in electrical engineering, focused in microwave and antenna design. She holds an amateur extra radio class license and has given numerous talks on amateur radio topics, such as 3D printing antennas.

Course Page on Hackaday.io

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