An Antenna Design for PANSAT Using NEC

Abstract

In this thesis the Numerical Electromagnetics Code (NEC) is used to design an omnidirectional antenna for the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT) . The completed antenna design uses a tangential turnstile antenna to achieve a circularly polarized radiation pattern with predicted worst nulls of approximately -3.0 dBi. The use of NEC-3, recently ported to 80386 personal computers, demonstrates the potential of personal computers for performing this type of design work. A simple antenna feed system was also designed. Performance predictions for the completed antenna system were made through the application of simple statistical functions to the NEC output. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245482

Entities

People

  • Daniel A. Ellrick

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antenna Feeds
  • Antenna Radiation Patterns
  • Antennas
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Budgets
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Frequency
  • Omnidirectional Antennas
  • Personal Computers
  • Polarization
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Space Systems

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites