Flight Measurement of Aircraft Antenna Radiation Patterns

Abstract

This report describes the technique developed at the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) for dynamic measurements of aircraft antenna radiation patterns in the presence of multipath radiation. A background on antenna pattern measurement techniques, flight pattern techniques, theory of multipath radiation, and documentation of computer software developed for postflight reduction of data are presented. The technique developed uses recorded signal strength and aircraft position data collected during skidding turns to produce computer generated plots (CDC 6500). The data is corrected for multipath radiation by computer predicted multipath gain at each data point. The resulting data is plotted offline with a CALCOMP plotter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADB008068

Entities

People

  • Ronald W. Mahlum

Organizations

  • Air Force Test Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Antenna Radiation Patterns
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Geometry
  • Mass Storage
  • Measurement
  • Radio Frequency
  • Signal Generators
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computer Science.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering