DocumentCode
1001119
Title
Accurate boresight measurements of large antennas and radomes
Author
Oh, Luis L.
Author_Institution
Boeing Company, Seattle, WA, USA
Volume
21
Issue
4
fYear
1973
fDate
7/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
567
Lastpage
569
Abstract
A laser-mirror system incorporated into an antenna pattern range is capable of aligning the antenna tower to measure the radome boresight error of large antennas to within 0.1 mrad angular accuracy. The simplicity of the alignment system makes it relatively easy to position the antenna, with or without its radome to a preestablished mechanical reference plane. Hence, deflection of the antenna tower system due to different loadings can be determined which otherwise would be undetected with most range facilities.
Keywords
Antenna measurements; Laser applications, measurement; Radomes; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Extraterrestrial measurements; Feeds; Gain measurement; Lighting; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Optical propagation; Vision defects;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1973.1140531
Filename
1140531
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