• DocumentCode
    1024078
  • Title

    Antenna beamwidth independence of measured rain attenuation on a 28-GHz Earth-space path

  • Author

    Arnold, Hamilton W. ; Cox, Donald C. ; Hoffman, Harold H.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs. Inc., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    3/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    165
  • Lastpage
    167
  • Abstract
    Rain attenuation measured at 28 GHz on an earth-space path is independent of antenna beamwidth for beamwidths as small as 0.1\\deg and for attenuations up to 30 dB. The measurements imply that angle-of-arrival fluctuations are less than 0.02\\deg .
  • Keywords
    Microwave radio propagation meteorological factors; Satellite communication, propagation; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Attenuation measurement; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fluctuations; Goniometers; Helium; Rain; Satellites;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1982.1142769
  • Filename
    1142769
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1024078