Citation
Abstract
In “Part I” of this article, a description was given of a Ka-band test package developed to enable testing of the new DSS 13 34-m beam-waveguide (BWG) antenna at 32 GHz. Test results were given for the Ka-band test package in an “on-the-ground” test configuration. This article, “Part II,” 1s a companion article concerned with Ka-band test results for the test package in an “on-the-antenna” test configuration. Included are Ka-band zenith notse-temperature values, tippingcurve data, and subreflector test results obtained at the Cassegrain focal point F1, as well as at the final BWG focal point F3 (located in a subterranean pedestal room). Test results show that, through the use of the Ka-band test package, the BWG antenna performance was successfully evaluated at Ka-band. The Ka-band test package operated well in all of the different antenna test configurations.
Details
- Volume
- 42-106
- Published
- August 15, 1991
- Pages
- 266–282
- File Size
- 669.3 KB