The issues of measuring the radio technical characteristics of antennas and the synthesis of antenna characteristics based on the results of measurements in the near field are considered. Special packages of applications that specialists use to create antennas are presented and evaluated from a system perspective. Results on creation of specialized stands for measurement of antenna characteristics in near field are given. Designed for students, students of radio engineering universities, academies, graduate students, adjuncts, engineers and highly qualified specialists whose activities are related to the creation of antenna systems for radio engineering complexes.