• DocumentCode
    1974923
  • Title

    A Two-Reflector Beam Waveguide Feed for Intelsat-A Ground-Station Antennas with Frequency Reuse Operation

  • Author

    Leupelt, U.

  • Author_Institution
    SIEMENS Aktiengesellschaft, D-8000 Munich
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    17-20 Sept. 1979
  • Firstpage
    142
  • Lastpage
    146
  • Abstract
    A beamwaveguide feed system for large groundstation antennas composed of only two beam reflectors is described. It is fully capable of 4/6 GHz frequency reuse operations. After discussing the main design principles the RF-properties of the beam waveguide are demonstrated by scale model measurements. The mechanical realization of the original feed components and the essential electrical parameters (gain, radiation patterns, crosspolarization isolation) of a recently completed 32m-Cassegrain-antenna are presented.
  • Keywords
    Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Azimuth; Frequency; Joining processes; Polarization; Reflector antennas; Structural beams;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1979. 9th European
  • Conference_Location
    Brighton, UK
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1979.332689
  • Filename
    4131331