Three-site Ka-band diversity experiment performed in Slovenia and Austria

2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Vilhar, Andrej ^a   Kandus, Gorazd ^a   Kelmendi, Arsim ^a   Kuhar, Urban ^a   Hrovat, Andrej ^a   Schönhuber, Michael ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alphasat; ASTRA 3B; beacon measurements; Ka band; satellite signal propagation; site diversity

Indexed keywords

SATELLITES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

ALPHASAT; BEACON MEASUREMENTS; KA BAND; SATELLITE SIGNALS; SITE DIVERSITY;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84949664484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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