Mobile satellite vehicle antennas: noise temperature and receiver G/T

Author

Estabrook, Polly ; Rafferty, William

Author_Institution

California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

1-3 May 1989

Firstpage

757

Abstract

Two L-band mobile vehicle antennas designed in support of NASA´s MSAT-X program are evaluated in terms of antenna temperature and receiver G/T. The antenna temperature measurement setup is detailed and its accuracy given. The noise test method is capable of ±20 K accuracy for antenna temperatures of under 300 K. Antenna temperature is measured in locations representative of the mobile satellite environment. Antenna performance is used in conjunction with receiver noise figure to calculate the mobile receiver G/ T at each site and thereby obtain a realistic range for this system figure of merit. The significance of mobile G/T for antenna comparison, antenna design optimization, and mobile satellite system operation is discussed

Keywords

dipole antennas; microwave antenna arrays; microwave antennas; mobile antennas; noise; temperature measurement; L-band mobile vehicle antennas; NASA´s MSAT-X program; antenna temperature; mobile satellite environment; noise temperature; receiver G/T; Antenna measurements; Mobile antennas; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; Temperature measurement; Testing; Vehicles; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1989, IEEE 39th

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1989.40158

Filename

40158