30/20 GHz satellite communication experiments using small earth stations in CS project

Design features and the results of preliminary performance tests of small earth terminals (SETs) for the Japanese CS-II 20/30 GHz communications satellites are described. The tests covered 1- and 2-m antennas with 2 W IMPATT transmitters and FET receivers with less than 750 K noise temperature. Delta-M FM SCPC and MCPC data treatment and transmission equipment were used with the vehicle-mounted antennas. Measurements were made of the C/No and bit error rates and the effect of S/N performance on FM transmission. The stations received and transmitted newspaper data for publication and formed links of a computer network. The FM-SCPC link permitted broadcast of 220 channels between a central station and the small antennas. Communication could not be stabilized between small antennas during rainy conditions.