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Issues with HP8753D, while calculating the tuning frequency of an antenna

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I am using a monopole antenna and trying to verify its resonant frequency using an HP8753D VNA. The process I am using is as explained below:

1. Calibrate the VNA using S11-1 port calibration method.
2. Connect the antenna using a co-axial cable to the VNA and check the S11 parameter graph over the frequency range.
3. For a length of 7.6 cms, I should have resonant frequency around 1 GHz, however I am also getting larger dips at higher frequencies (at around 3.5 GHz). As per the logic I should only have a dip at the resonant frequency.

Please advise what could be the possible reason behind the above mentioned situation.

Thanks...!!
 

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I am using a monopole antenna and trying to verify its resonant frequency using an HP8753D VNA. The process I am using is as explained below:

1. Calibrate the VNA using S11-1 port calibration method.
2. Connect the antenna using a co-axial cable to the VNA and check the S11 parameter graph over the frequency range.
3. For a length of 7.6 cms, I should have resonant frequency around 1 GHz, however I am also getting larger dips at higher frequencies (at around 3.5 GHz). As per the logic I should only have a dip at the resonant frequency.

Please advise what could be the possible reason behind the above mentioned situation.

Thanks...!!
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Many antennas, filters and other devices "resonate" at various harmonics and elsewhere. Your task is to optimize S11 at a desired frequency. Do not care about other "dips", and if you do not like them, insert a band-pass filter between your source and your antenna.
 

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