International intercomparison of horn gain at X-band

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1367-1374

  Stubenrauch, Carl F ^a   Newell, Allen C ^b   Repjar, Andrew G ^a   MacReynolds, Katie ^b   Tamura, Douglas T ^b   Larsen, Flemming Holm ^b   Lcmanczyk, J ^b   Behe, R ^a   Portier, G ^b   Zehren, J C ^b   Hollmann, Heinrich ^b   Hunter, John D ^b   Gentle, David G ^a   De Vreede, Jan P M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; GAIN MEASUREMENT;

SWEPT FREQUENCY GAIN; X BAND;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 16144366516     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.537331     Document Type: Article

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