NASA NTRS · 19920063436
Beam-waveguide antenna performance predictions with comparisons to experimental results
Abstract
An overview of a NASA/JPL antenna project is presented, with specific focus on the methodology used to predict the microwave performance of a 34-m-diameter beam-waveguide (BWG) reflector antenna, designated DSS 13 (Deep Space Station 13). DSS 13 is the R&D facility serving the NASA/JPL Deep Space Network. Microwave performance predictions as well as a summary of test results for the antenna are given. The antenna has Cassegrain and centerline BWG operating modes at X-band (8.450-GHz) and Ka-band (32-GHz) frequencies. The performance predictions regarding antenna area efficiencies, corresponding beampeak gains, and for several (but not all) operating noise temperatures are found to agree reasonably well with the corresponding experimental results.
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Bathker, Dan A., Veruttipong, Watt, Otoshi, Tom Y., Cramer, Paul W., Jr.. 1992-06-01. Beam-waveguide antenna performance predictions with comparisons to experimental results. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19920063436
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