Title :
Measurement of wet antenna effects on microwave propagation-an analytical approach
Author :
Islam, M.R. ; Tharek, A.R. ; Din, J. ; Chebil, J.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Wireless Commun. Res., Univ. of Technol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia
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 occur during rain. One minute rainfall rate and corresponding rain attenuation data at 15, 23, 26 and 38 GHz bands were collected at UTM Skudai campus for a one year period. In order to separate wet antenna loss from the propagation measurement, an analytical approach has been proposed and the results are presented
Keywords :
losses; microwave antennas; microwave measurement; microwave propagation; radomes; rain; reflector antennas; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 15 to 38 GHz; feed window; losses; microwave propagation; parabolic reflector; propagation measurement; radome surface; rain attenuation data; rainfall rate; wet antenna effects; wet antenna loss; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Attenuation; Microwave antennas; Microwave measurements; Microwave propagation; Rain; Reflector antennas; Turing machines;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2000 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6435-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2000.926134
