September 2010 | Technical Report NTIA TR-10-471
Time–Domain Propagation Measurements of the NASA Space-Power Facility
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Robert T. Johnk et al., “Time–Domain Propagation Measurements of the NASA Space-Power Facility,” Technical Report NTIA TR-10-471, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, September 2010.
Robert T. Johnk, John D. Ewan, Paul M. McKenna 
, Ronald L. Carey, and Nicholas DeMinco 
Abstract:
This report describes a recent measurement effort conducted by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences at a chamber located at the NASA Space Power Facility (SPF) in Sandusky, Ohio. The report describes the chamber and the measurement system, and provides some selected time- and frequency-domain results. A detailed description of the measurement procedures and post-processing is provided. The results obtained indicate that the SPF chamber exhibits robust reverberant behavior. The flexibility and efficiency of time-domain measurements is also demonstrated.
Keywords: antenna; impulse; biconical; chamber; decay time; direct pulse; discone; electromagnetic; finite-difference time-domain; fast Fourier transform (FFT); joint time-frequency analysis; log-periodic; oscilloscope; reverberation; ultra wideband
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