• DocumentCode
    966470
  • Title

    Diversity measurements of attenuation at 37 GHz with solar-tracking radiometers

  • Author

    Davies, P.G. ; Croom, D.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Appleton Laboratory, Slough, UK
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    482
  • Lastpage
    483
  • Abstract
    Solar-tracking radiometers spaced 10.3 km apart have shown that a considerable diversity advantage can be obtained at 37 GHz for Earth-space paths. An attenuation of 15 dB was exceeded for 0.12% of the time at a single site, and for 0.024% of the time at both sites simultaneously.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; attenuation measurement; diversity reception; microwave measurement; radiometers; radiowave propagation; tracking; EHF; Earth space paths; attenuation at 37 GHz; diversity measurements; diversity reception; solar tracking radiometers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19740384
  • Filename
    4245272