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Plotting antenna pattern from Sun noise
JIMMIE wrote in
ps.com: On Oct 16, 6:10 pm, Owen Duffy wrote: For those interested in confirming beamwidth of a large aperture dish at microwave frequencies, the following article describes a method using Sun noise as a measurement source:http://www.vk1od.net/nfm/application...ernFromSun.htm . Owen The Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun or Moon During One Day application is located at the following URL: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.php The site can also be reached as follows: Access the U.S. Naval Observatory Home web site (at http://www.usno.navy.mil/ ); at the menu of the left of this home page select the Astro Applications entry. From the Astro Applications web page, select the Data Services entry. From the Data Services web page, select Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun or Moon During One Day. I hope this may prove useful. My article contains links to two spreadsheets, a basic one and an enhanced one. The enhanced one contains macro functions that calculate the Sun's position from the time data recorded by NFM (and your location data). Of course, you need to make sure your computer clock is syncronised before taking the measurements. The link to the enhanced spreadsheet is in the Links section of http://www.vk1od.net/nfm/application...ernFromSun.htm . The spreadsheet uses a set of macro functions derived from the NOAA calculator ant published by the Department of Ecology, Olympia WA. Owen |
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