• DocumentCode
    928420
  • Title

    On separating aberrant effects from random scattering effects in radio telescopes

  • Author

    Cogdell, John R. ; Davis, John H.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
  • Volume
    61
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1973
  • Firstpage
    1344
  • Lastpage
    1345
  • Abstract
    The effects of random phase errors are distinguished from the effects of large-scale phase errors or aberrations on the gain, main lobe efficiency, and beamwidths of reflector antennas. It is shown that one may determine the reflector tolerance only by separately evaluating the two types of errors, and an experimental procedure for accomplishing this by pattern range or astronomical measurements is described.
  • Keywords
    Antenna measurements; Apertures; Convolution; Diffraction; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Instruments; Optical scattering; Phase measurement; Radio astronomy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1973.9274
  • Filename
    1451204