Antenna Ratio Calibration for the AFCRL Meteor Radar Using OV1-17,

Abstract

Experiments using a beacon transmitter at 36.8 MHz, including in the scientific payload of satellite OV1-17 to test and calibrate direction-finding techniques associated with the University of New Hampshire/AFCRL Meteor Trails Radar are reported. Comparison is made between a passive system which seeks to determine source elevation by examination of the ratio of signals received on two dispoles, lambda/2 and lambda/4 above a ground screen and a phase sequence interferometer in which the pattern nulls are actively scanned in azimuth and elevation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 17, 1970
Accession Number
AD0721195

Entities

People

  • Albert D. Frost
  • Ronald R. Clark

Organizations

  • University of New Hampshire

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Calibration
  • Direction Finding
  • Elevation
  • Interferometers
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • New Hampshire
  • Payload
  • Sequences
  • Transmitters
  • Universities

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites