ATCRBS improvement program reflector antenna development
Abstract
The results of a program to investigate improved antennas for the air traffic control radar beacon system (ATCRBS) are described. An engineering model of a new ATCRBS reflector antenna system was developed and tested. The antenna system was designed primarily for use in terminal area air traffic control, collocated with an airport surveillance radar (ASR). Also developed during this program was an integral beacon feed for the ARSR-2 radar, to give improved beacon coverage for en-route sites.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- June 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976ti...rept.....R
- Keywords:
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- Air Traffic Control;
- Antenna Design;
- Radar Beacons;
- Two Reflector Antennas;
- Aircraft Safety;
- Airport Beacons;
- Mathematical Models;
- Radar Reflectors;
- Communications and Radar