<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article deals with the measurement, visualization and analysis of the magnetic field in the 3D space around a small quadcopter. The measurements were realized in the very low frequency (VLF) range, since this range is interesting because of the possible detection of the drone also in the fully automated flight mode (without telemetry transmission). A measurement equipment/device that allows mapping of the magnetic field of the multirotor drone based on the sensor elevation and the copters azimuth was realized. The magnetic field was measured with a small inductive sensor – the air coil. Frequency analysis (signal spectrum) and the spatial 3D analysis of the selected frequency components that brought interesting results were carried out on the recorded data.</p></abstract>

The article deals with the measurement, visualization and analysis of the magnetic field in the 3D space around a small quadcopter. The measurements were realized in the very low frequency (VLF) range, since this range is interesting because of the possible detection of the drone also in the fully automated flight mode (without telemetry transmission). A measurement equipment/device that allows mapping of the magnetic field of the multirotor drone based on the sensor elevation and the copters azimuth was realized. The magnetic field was measured with a small inductive sensor – the air coil. Frequency analysis (signal spectrum) and the spatial 3D analysis of the selected frequency components that brought interesting results were carried out on the recorded data.

Electromagnetic image of small UAV in very low frequency range

University of Security Managements in Košice

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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The article deals with the measurement, visualization and analysis of the magnetic field in the 3D space around a small quadcopter. The measurements were...

Electromagnetic image of small UAV in very low frequency range

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 438 - 441

Received: Feb 13, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2018-0069

Keywords
small UAV, VLF magnetic field, frequency analysis, spatial measurement and visualization

© 2018 Josef Blažek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Electromagnetic image of small UAV in very low frequency range

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 438 - 441

Received: Feb 13, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2018-0069

Keywordssmall UAV, VLF magnetic field, frequency analysis, spatial measurement and visualization

© 2018 Josef Blažek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
small UAV, VLF magnetic field, frequency analysis, spatial measurement and visualization