A proposed technique for measuring the noise of a ducted fan by means of a microphone placed inside the fan duct was evaluated by comparing results so obtained with those obtained by measuring the total sound energy radiated from the duct into a reverberation chamber. A suitable microphone windscreen was developed and was used to reduce the aerodynamic self‐noise generated by the microphone to a negligible minimum. Good correlation was obtained, and by studying transverse resonance conditions in a duct it was attempted to show how suitable microphone stations could be found to eliminate measuring errors caused by the existence of standing waves.