L-Band, 1.2 m Parabolic Antenna-Noise Temperature Measurement
| dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Ralph E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hill, James S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-13T23:21:36Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-13T23:21:36Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1975-10 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0884-5123 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0074-9079 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/609299 | en |
| dc.description | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 14-16, 1975 / Sheraton Inn, Silver Spring, Maryland | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Extensive antenna-noise temperature measurements at 1.6 GHz (L-Band) were made using a 1.2 m (4 ft. diameter) parabolic dish antenna mounted on the Flying Bridge of a modern 15,690-ton, commercial-container ship owned by the United States Lines. Both in-harbor and at-sea radiometer measurements were made that indicated a steady background, antenna-noise temperature value slightly less than 70 degrees kelvin (K) at elevation angles of 5°, and greater, at 1.6 GHz. A comparison of theoretical and measured values indicate excellent agreement within about 5K for at-sea data. These measurements should be especially helpful to RF equipment designers of maritime, L-Band shipboard terminals for operation with the two, geostationary, maritime satellites, Marisat-A and -B. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.telemetry.org/ | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.title | L-Band, 1.2 m Parabolic Antenna-Noise Temperature Measurement | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en |
| dc.type | Proceedings | en |
| dc.contributor.department | NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center | en |
| dc.contributor.department | RCA Service CO | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings | en |
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| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-09-11T10:22:47Z | |
| html.description.abstract | Extensive antenna-noise temperature measurements at 1.6 GHz (L-Band) were made using a 1.2 m (4 ft. diameter) parabolic dish antenna mounted on the Flying Bridge of a modern 15,690-ton, commercial-container ship owned by the United States Lines. Both in-harbor and at-sea radiometer measurements were made that indicated a steady background, antenna-noise temperature value slightly less than 70 degrees kelvin (K) at elevation angles of 5°, and greater, at 1.6 GHz. A comparison of theoretical and measured values indicate excellent agreement within about 5K for at-sea data. These measurements should be especially helpful to RF equipment designers of maritime, L-Band shipboard terminals for operation with the two, geostationary, maritime satellites, Marisat-A and -B. |
