A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF SYSTEMATIC ERRORS IN THE WULLENWEBER DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEM.

Abstract

Through the technique of digital simulation, the effects of certain systematic errors in the components of a Wullenweber direction finding system on the accuracy of bearings determined with this system are studied. Specifically, the errors considered include the complete elimination of one cable, a phase change of 180 degrees in one cable, and a sinusoidal distribution of phase errors in the cables of one quadrant of the system. It is shown that these errors are relatively small for signals whose elevation angle of arrival is close to the cophasal angle of the antenna scanner, but that the errors increase significantly at higher elevation angles and higher frequencies.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0801857

Entities

People

  • E. C. Jones Jr.
  • E. W. Ernst

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Direction Finding
  • Elevation
  • Elimination
  • Errors
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Quadrants
  • Simulations
  • Simulators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.