Disposable stepped-frequency GPR and soil measurement devices

Z. You; James Cross; K. Y. Foo; P. R. Atkins; A. M. Thomas; G. Curioni; A. Islas-Cital

doi:10.1109/ICGPR.2010.5550091

Disposable stepped-frequency GPR and soil measurement devices

Z. You^*, James Cross, K. Y. Foo, P. R. Atkins, A. M. Thomas, G. Curioni, A. Islas-Cital

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Abstract

Some geophysical and geotechnical scientists would wish to non-invasively measure the electromagnetic properties of soils using inexpensive, even disposable, technology. They may even wish to develop inexpensive and compact low-power GPR equipment for such uses as teaching and mitigation of construction risks during excavation. To this end, a heuristic comparison is made between a commercial Vector Network Analyser (VNA) and two very low cost VNAs sourced from the amateur radio community. The results are used to illustrate the potential for technology transfer from amateur communications to the GPR community, in order that a wider range of technologies be available for inexpensive implementation in GPR and soil spectroscopy studies. It will be shown that even very lowcost gain and phase detection semiconductor devices can be used to develop simple GPR and soil measurement systems capable of being used in the field to compliment GPR survey interpretation, as well as for standalone soil monitoring.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 13th Internarional Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2010.5550091
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	13th Internarional Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2010 - Lecce, Italy Duration: 21 Jun 2010 → 25 Jun 2010

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Conference	13th Internarional Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2010
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Lecce
Period	21/06/10 → 25/06/10

Keywords

Disposable GPR
GPR
Low-cost VNAs
Soil spectroscopy
Technology transfer

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Computer Networks and Communications
Communication

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You, Z, Cross, J, Foo, KY, Atkins, PR, Thomas, AM, Curioni, G & Islas-Cital, A 2010, Disposable stepped-frequency GPR and soil measurement devices. in Proceedings of the 13th Internarional Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2010., 5550091, 13th Internarional Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2010, Lecce, Italy, 21/06/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2010.5550091

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