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
fDate :
1/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1971.1139858
