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I. I NTRODUCTION
EATHER forecasting is an important variable in aviation, freight, tourism and general
human safety [1]. Predictions can be done using
pictures captured by the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
satelites [2] using Automatic Picture Transmission
(APT) signals. This report details the design and
construction of an appropriate antenna for receiving
signals from the NOAA satellites. The SuperNEC
package is used to design the antenna in Section
III. Matching, phasing and image processing are
also discussed in Section III. Testing and analysis
is discussed in Section IV. Finally an environmental
and social assessment is done in section V.
II. BACKGROUND
NOAA satellites are polar orbiting therefore they
can surface at all azimuth and rise at an elevation
from any location on the globe [3]. The satellites
transmit circular polarised APT signals, they are
frequency modulated on a 137MHz [2] carrier and
Fig. 1.
A. Constraints
Fig. 3.
Rohmic =
2f c
1
2c
6a
(1)
Fig. 2.
Radiation patterns for (a)crossed dipole, (b)double crossed dipole, (c) quadrifilar helix
Fig. 4.
Double crossed dipole antenna with desirable radiation
pattern orientation
Fig. 5.
Fig. 6.
A. Klein, S. Kavoussi, D. Hickman, D. Simenaurer, M. Phaneuf and T. MacPhail ,Using a Convective Weather Forecast
Product to Predict Weather Impact on Air Traffc: Methodology
and comparison with actual data, Integrated Communications,
Navigation and Surveillance Conference, 2007.ICNS, 07.
[2] R.W. Hollander Resonant Quadriflar Helix Antenna, Technote
1999-1, Working group satellites, www.kunstmanen.net, Last
accessed 8 April 2013
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