Experimental results on bistatic rain scattering at 14.3 GHz

A bistatic rain scatter experiment at 14.3 GHz was conducted on two scattering paths. The experiment was made for more than two years on the Kashima-Inubo path and for more than one year on the Kashima-Hiraiso path. Statistical analyses of the data were made to obtain, e.g., cumulative distributions of the received power, worst month statistics of the received power, and cumulative duration time distributions of the received power. It is found that the effect of rain attenuation reduces statistical variations of the received power. A brief discussion on the prediction of the received power is presented. Also presented are the experimental results showing that the effect of antenna polarization on the received power is well described by the Mie theory.