• DocumentCode
    994048
  • Title

    Dependency of scintillation fading of oppositely polarized VHF signals

  • Author

    Whitney, H. ; Takahashi, Koichi

  • Author_Institution
    Air Force Cambridge Research Lab., Bedford, MA, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1971
  • fDate
    1/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    151
  • Lastpage
    152
  • Abstract
    Under the effects of ionospheric scintillations, the fading of RH and LH circularly polarized 136 MHz signals is observed to be perfectly correlated. Polarization diversity reception will not improve the reliability of VHF space communications through the turbulent ionosphere.
  • Keywords
    Antenna feeds; Diversity reception; Electrons; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fading; Fluctuations; Ionosphere; Polarization; Satellite broadcasting; Signal analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1971.1139858
  • Filename
    1139858
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=994048