Title :
Alphasat propagation experiment in Madrid: Quality assessment of the measurements
Author :
Riera, Jose M. ; Siles, Gustavo A. ; Garcia-del-Pino, Pedro ; Benarroch, Ana
Author_Institution :
ETSI de Telecomun., Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is participating in the Alphasat propagation experiment by measuring the copolar level of the Q-Band beacon at 39.4 GHz. Measurements started in test mode in December 2013 and are being carried out continuously since April 2014. A full year of measurements will be available by the time of the Conference. In this paper the quality of the measurements is assessed with regards to the receiver performance and several systematic effects. Different issues are discussed in detail, starting with the antenna pointing, continuing with the influence of the equipment temperature and finally presenting some examples of separation of rain attenuation and scintillation effects.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave attenuation; electromagnetic wave propagation; satellite antennas; Alphasat propagation experiment; antenna pointing; equipment temperature; frequency 39.4 GHz; rain attenuation; receiver performance; scintillation effects; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Extraterrestrial measurements; Rain; Receivers; Satellites; Temperature measurement; Alphasat; Propagation experiment; Q-Band; rain attenuation; tropospheric scintillation;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
