Measurement of wet antenna effect on microwave propagation at 23, 26 and 38 GHz

Author

Islam, M.R. ; Tharek, A.R.

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Res. Lab., Univ. of Technol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

16-21 July 2000

Firstpage

2094

Abstract

Losses due to water being in or on the surface of the radomes or the parabolic reflector and on the feed window of antennas are occurred during rain. An experiment has been done to measure the losses on the antennas due to rain by spraying water. In order to separate this loss from the propagation loss, an analytical approach has been proposed. A physical model for wet antenna loss has been developed based on measured one year rain attenuation and rainfall statistics in Malaysian tropical climate.

Keywords

antenna feeds; loss measurement; microwave antennas; microwave propagation; radomes; rain; reflector antennas; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 23 GHz; 26 GHz; 38 GHz; Malaysian tropical climate; SHF; experiment; feed window; loss measurement; microwave propagation; parabolic reflector; physical model; propagation loss; radomes; rain attenuation; rainfall statistics; spraying water; wet antenna effect measurement; wet antenna loss; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Feeds; Loss measurement; Microwave antennas; Microwave measurements; Microwave propagation; Propagation losses; Rain; Reflector antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2000. IEEE

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6369-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2000.874906

Filename

874906