Design of radiation-emission measurements of an air-traffic surveillance radar

Author

Miaris, G. ; Kaitas, T. ; Zaharis, Z. ; Babas, D. ; Vafladis, E. ; Samaras, T. ; Sahalos, J.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Volume

45

Issue

4

fYear

2003

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

46

Abstract

The current work presents the procedure of designing and carrying out measurements of radiation emission from an air-traffic surveillance radar. The system requirements are first given, and then the equipment used is described. The steps to determine the operating characteristics of the radar are specified in detail. The necessary methods for manual power measurements and calculations are next explained. Since the final measurement system was fully automated, its main features (topology, protocol of operation) are also given. Finally, some measurement results taken during the initial phase of system operation are presented and discussed.

Keywords

air traffic control; automatic test equipment; power measurement; radar antennas; radar applications; search radar; air-traffic surveillance radar; automated measurement system; manual power measurements; operating characteristics; operation protocol; radiation-emission measurements; rotation period; topology; Antenna measurements; Electromagnetic radiation; Phase measurement; Programmable control; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Radiation monitoring; Spectral analysis; Surveillance; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2003.1241309

Filename

1241309