Interim Results of DABS/ATCRBS Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing.

Abstract

This report describes the tests being conducted to determine what effect the implementation of the Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) will have on the performance of the Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS), and presents interim results on the tests conducted to date. Uplink tests were conducted to measure transponder suppression rates in the ATCRBS airborne environment under various DABS and ATCRBS ground interrogator site configurations. Analysis of the data collected to date indicates that suppression levels generally become lower when DABS sensors replace ATCRBS sites, thus, resulting in an improvement in the ATCRBS airborne environment. Tests were also conducted on three reply processors being used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in operational facilities to process ATRCBS targets to determine processor susceptibility to DABS fruit interference. There was no indication from the resultant data of any significant degradation in performance in the presence of varying amounts of DABS fruit.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA072087

Entities

People

  • George Mahnken
  • Leo Wapelhorst

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Data Reduction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Discrete Address Beacon Systems
  • False Alarms
  • Generators
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Peak Power
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar
  • Radar Beacons
  • Software Development
  • Tape Recorders
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Radar Systems Engineering.