Title :
Performance of radome-covered reflector antennas
Author :
Clarricoats, P.J.B. ; Parini, C.G. ; Rizk, M.S.A.S.
Author_Institution :
University of London, Queen Mary College, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, London, UK
fDate :
8/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An experimental and theoretical investigation is described of the return loss and radiation pattern of a paraboloidal reflector antenna covered by a fibre-glass paraboloidal radome. Satisfactory agreement is obtained. The importance of the central region of the radome is identifield and a novel method is described in which the radome profile is modifield in the vertex region. Theory and experiment both indicate that the return loss due to the radome can be almost eliminated by this means. The theory is developed in a companion paper.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; reflector antennas; fibre-glass paraboloidal radome; paraboloidal reflector antenna; radiation pattern; radome-covered reflector antennas; return loss;
Journal_Title :
Microwaves, Optics and Antennas, IEE Proceedings H
DOI :
10.1049/ip-h-1.1982.0031
