Accession Number:

AD0255977

Title:

HIGH-GAIN ANTENNA REALIZATION AND TRACKING STUDY

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

OHIO STATE UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLUMBUS ANTENNA LAB

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Report Date:

1961-01-22

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Research is concerned with determining the feasibility of constructing a highly steerable antenna having a gain on the order of 70 db at 2000 mc. The antenna is intended to be used in a passive communication system employing spherical reflectors or distributed chaff in orbit. The relative advantages of an array type antenna over a single aperture antenna are discussed. The gain limitations of large array type antennas as well as the sources of noise temperature in an array are considered along with a discussion of methods of correcting for atmospheric effects occuring across the aperture of a large antenna. Author

Descriptors:

• *COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
• *PARABOLIC ANTENNAS
• *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• NOISE(RADIO)
• RADIO SIGNALS
• REFLECTION
• REFLECTORS
• ULTRAHIGH FREQUENCY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE