DocumentCode
971828
Title
A Wide-Band Antenna System for Solar Noise Studies
Author
Jasik, Henry
Author_Institution
Jasik Labs., Westbury, N.Y.
Volume
46
Issue
1
fYear
1958
Firstpage
135
Lastpage
142
Abstract
A wide-band antenna system has been developed as part of a sweep frequency spectrum analyzer for solar noise studies in the 100 mc to 600-mc frequency range. The antenna system consists of an equatorially mounted 28-foot paraboloid imuminated by a unique feed combination which operates over the frequency range in three overlapping bands. Development of the antenna system has been carried out with the aid of scale models and two full size systems have been constructed. The resulting antenna has an effective area which is reasonably constant over the entire range before reflection losses are considered. The feed configuration is described and performance characteristics are given.
Keywords
Broadband antennas; Control systems; Feeds; Fluctuations; Frequency; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Observatories; Receiving antennas; Spectral analysis;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IRE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-8390
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JRPROC.1958.286725
Filename
4065234
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