Radar Beacon Transponder (RBX) Installation and Siting Criteria.

Abstract

The Radar Beacon Transponder (RBX) is a ground-based facility used in conjunction with other elements of the Active Beacon Collision Avoidance System (BCAS) to control the threat detection sensitivity level of BCAS aircraft and to convey displayed Resolution Advisories from the BCAS aircraft to the local ATC terminal facility. This paper describes the mechanisms of specular multipath reflection and signal shadowing, and discusses their impact on the RBX link power budget. Criteria for choice of RBX antenna height and location are presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 13, 1981
Accession Number
ADA100666

Entities

People

  • Ronald G. Sandholm

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Antennas
  • Aircrafts
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Elevation
  • Fresnel Zones
  • Grazing
  • Grazing Angles
  • Low Angles
  • Low Elevation
  • Radar Beacons
  • Reflectors
  • Site Selection
  • Sites
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Roughness
  • Urban Areas

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