The High-Power X-Band Planetary RADAR at Goldstone: Design, Development, and Early Results

Selected critical microwave components for a 400-kW very-long-pulse (several hours) X-band RADAR system are discussed from theoretical and practical viewpoints. Included are the special-sized waveguide and flanges, hybrid power combiner, couplers, switches, polarizer, rotary joints, feedhorn, and ra...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques 1976-12, Vol.24 (12), p.958-963
Main Authors: Hartop, R., Bathker, D.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Couplers
Flanges
Laboratories
Polarization
Power combiners
Propulsion
Radar antennas
Radar theory
Reflector antennas
Switches
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Summary:Selected critical microwave components for a 400-kW very-long-pulse (several hours) X-band RADAR system are discussed from theoretical and practical viewpoints. Included are the special-sized waveguide and flanges, hybrid power combiner, couplers, switches, polarizer, rotary joints, feedhorn, and radome. The system is installed on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 64-m-diam reflector antenna at Goldstone, CA.
ISSN:0018-9480
1557-9670
DOI:10.1109/TMTT.1976.1129007