THE PEAK GAIN AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE OF A LARGE PARABOLOIDAL ANTENNA

Abstract

The characteristics that affect the practical operating gain of parabolic reflector-type antennas are discussed, not for design considerations, but to analyze for the systems engineer some of the factors involved in estimating practical performance under arbitrarily set conditions. The effects of structural design, mechanical tolerances and deformations, illumination, and other considerations on the gain of large antennas operating at relatively high frequencies are examined, using theory, graphic data, and an analysis of a typical case using a conventional 60-foot telemetry antenna as an example. The possible system performance degradation resulting from the use of existing large antennas in the new 2200 to 2300-mc telemetry band is discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0608832

Entities

People

  • B. M. Hadfield
  • J. B. Suomala
  • P. L. Konop

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Antenna Radiation Patterns
  • Antennas
  • Contracts
  • Distortion
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Engineers
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Instrumentation
  • Parabolic Antennas
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Radio Frequency Generators
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Systems Analysis and Design