Photogrammetric measurement of the gravity deformation in a Cassegrain antenna

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 8 II, 2005, Pages 2590-2596

  Subrahmanyan, Ravi ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Radio astronomy; Reflector antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA REFLECTORS; DEFORMATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS; CASSEGRAIN ANTENNA; GRAVITY DEFORMATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MEASUREMENT;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 27644518453     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.851836     Document Type: Article

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