NOMOGRAMS FOR OBTAINING THE ARRIVAL ANGLE AND BEARING OF RADIO WAVES FROM MEASUREMENTS OF PHASE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THREE STATIONS ARRANGED IN AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE

Abstract

The nomographic procedures described are devised for facilitating computation of values for wave arrival angles obtained from a 3-station receiver system. The original effort was conducted to simplify the resolution of the angle-of-arrival vector from component measurements made on a wideband "3-port" receiving system at a field site. The particular 3-port configuration uti lized three wideband, vertically polarized, mono pole antennas placed at the apexes of an equilateral triangle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 23, 1963
Accession Number
AD0407306

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  • M. L. Phillips

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  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Angle Of Arrival
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  • Data Processing
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
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  • Government Procurement
  • Massachusetts
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Radio Waves
  • United States
  • Wave Propagation

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