Measurements at 38 GHz of low-angle fading along satellite-earth paths in the Canadian Arctic / by I. Lam.: Co24-3/7-1404-1986E-PDF

"In 1984 a microwave propagation experiment was conducted in Alert, NWT, to study the characteristics of low angle fading at a frequency of 38 GHz. By monitoring the CW signal transmitted from the orbiting LES-8 satellite, propagation data were gathered over a range of elevation angles from 1 to 21 degrees. A total of three sets of measurements were made in the spring, summer and winter. These allowed comparisons to be made of the seasonal characteristics of low angle fading in the arctic. The experimental data are examined with respect to the atmospheric conditions observed at Alert. Other results presented in this report include the variation of the median signal level with the elevation angle, cumulative distributions of the received signal level and fade rate statistics. The amount of signal fading increased rapidly as the elevation angle decreased. Fading was most severe in the summer which also had the highest fade rates. Very little fading was observed in winter"--Abstract, page 1.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Communications Research Centre (Canada), issuing body.
Title Measurements at 38 GHz of low-angle fading along satellite-earth paths in the Canadian Arctic / by I. Lam.
Series title CRC report ; no. 1404
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Mesures dans l'Arctique canadien de l'évanouissement d'une onde à 38 GHz transmise par un satellite vers la Terre sous de faibles angles de site.
"Radar and Communications Technology Branch."
"Ottawa, June 1986."
Digitized edition from print [produced by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada].
Some pages rotated in this copy.
Includes bibliographical references (page 7).
Issued also in print format.
Publishing information Ottawa : Communications Research Centre, 1986.
©1987
Author / Contributor Lam, I., author.
Description 1 online resource (iii, 20 pages) : illustrations, map.
Catalogue number
  • Co24-3/7-1404-1986E-PDF
Subject terms Radio -- Transmitters and transmission -- Fading -- Canada, Northern.
Radio wave propagation -- Canada, Northern.
Artificial satellites in telecommunication -- Canada, Northern.
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