Accession Number:
AD0252605
Title:
A HIGHLY DIRECTIVE ROTATING ARRAY FOR THE OBSERVATION OF FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
QUEEN MARY COLL LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM)
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Report Date:
1960-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
The need for a highly directive rotating array is briefly discussed and the factors determining the over-all array design are brought forward. Within the limits imposed by economy, various types of array are analysed, the choice finally residing in 4 Yagi aerials at a spacing of 1.1 wavelengths. Suitable methods have been devised for feeding each Yagi with the appropriate current determined according to a DolphTchebyscheff analysis. Using a T-R switch, the effective total beam width at 16 mc is 8 degrees. Aerial test patterns, and records of echoes from field-aligned ionisation are given. Author