Electronic Instrumentation for the Study of Air-to-Air Electromagnetic Wave Propagation at 250, 1000 and 3000 MC- and Appendix

Abstract

Electric instrumentation was developed for air-to-air propagation on measurements at 250-, 1000-, and 3000-mc ranges. A square-wave-modulated crystal-controlled transmitter for 245 and 1000 mc was used with an 18-c- bandwidth filter-amplifier and an APR-4 receiver, while a peak reader with an internally generated carrier was used with the receiver for short-pulse modulation measurements at 256, 2880, and 3295 mc. The rectified output from either the filter-amplifier or peak reader operated a recorder which continuously recorded the received signal on an approximately logarithmic scale. The receiving system using square-wave modulation detected and recorded 107-dbm signals and had a dynamic range of well over 100 db. The short-pulse receiving system detected and recorded signals down to the noise level of the receiver, and had a dynamic range of over 85 db. The 2 systems operated satisfactory with existing radio and radar equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1952
Accession Number
AD0004089

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  • Stanley B. White

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  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Cathode Followers
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Frequency
  • Modulation
  • New Jersey
  • Oscillators
  • Power Supplies
  • Pulse Modulation
  • Pulse Transmitters
  • Radar Equipment
  • Radar Transmitters
  • Signal Generators
  • United States
  • Warning Systems
  • Wave Propagation

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  • Microelectronics