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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] software controlled antenna
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Marcus Leech |
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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] software controlled antenna |
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Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:30:56 -0500 |
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Angilberto Muniz Sb wrote:
Chuck, I'm pretty sure you are aware of it -- that's
the bases of some Phased-Array antennas -- I'm woking
on this subject albeit its not related to USRP but
your experiment could be the starting point for this
kind of venture...
Good job,
Angilberto.
Paul Shuch was working on a phased-array panel antenna for
SETI work. I don't know how many elements, but it was
steered using varactors. For some environments, this would
be really nice--no need to build mechanicals to swing a dish
around.
On the down side, a phased-array patch antenna is potentially a lossy
thing, so useless for weak-signal work like EME and radio astronomy.
Unless you have an LNA at every element in the array. Which maps into
$$$.
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- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] software controlled antenna, Angilberto Muniz Sb, 2005/12/20
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