Title :
A comparison of the performance of several antenna configurations for short and long range meteor scatter communication
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Lowell Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
The characteristics of an ideal antenna pattern for short- and long-range meteor scatter communication are analyzed. The ideal antenna configuration matches its pattern to the spatial arrival pattern of meteor trails. The analysis is used to compare the performance for several commonly used antenna configurations. It is demonstrated that the characteristics of antennas that perform well at short ranges are different from those that perform well at long ranges
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; antennas; meteor burst communications; antenna configurations; antenna pattern; long range meteor scatter communication; meteor trails; short range meteor scatter communications; spatial arrival pattern; Log periodic antennas; Pattern analysis; Pattern matching; Performance analysis; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Scattering; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas; Yagi-Uda antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1989. ICC '89, BOSTONICC/89. Conference record. 'World Prosperity Through Communications', IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1989.49856
