DocumentCode
921483
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
Volume
129
Issue
4
fYear
1982
fDate
8/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
153
Lastpage
160
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwaves, Optics and Antennas, IEE Proceedings H
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0143-7097
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ip-h-1.1982.0031
Filename
4645346
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