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A tool designed to calculate the power density of an antenna
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This tool calculates the cutoff frequency of a circular waveguide
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This calculator computes the power received by an antenna using Friis formula
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple voltmeter and ammeter while learning some fundamentals about circuit measurements.
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