enlarge 9.35MB, 486x640 1 SATCOM Handbook.pdf Handbook of Satellite Communications. ITU.
enlarge 6.43MB, 452x640 2 The Satellite Communication Applications Handbook.pdf The Satellite Communication Applications Handbook. Used by US Army.
enlarge 88KB, 495x640 3 Earth Orbits.doc Various Earth orbits to scale; cyan represents low Earth orbit, yellow represents medium Earth orbit, the black dashed line represents geosynchronous orbit, the green dash-dot line the orbit of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, and the red dotted line the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS).
enlarge 1.73MB, 640x480 4 Satcom Course - Links.ppt Satellite Link Budget Course - SWE DISH - Power Point Document.
enlarge 592KB, 640x480 5 Satellite Communications.ppt Earth Station Technology by Assoc. Prof Dr Syed Idris Syed Hassan - Power Point Document.
enlarge 243KB, 640x480 6 SATCOM Link Budgeting.ppt Satellite Link Budgeting - Power Point Training.
enlarge 294KB, 495x640 7 chap4.pdf Parabolic Dish Antennas. If you want to understand the basics of parabolic antennas including feed illumination of the reflector, focal length etc., this document is great!
enlarge 182KB, 495x640 8 Introduction to Antenna Basics for Parabolics.doc Rules of thumb for parabolic antennas
enlarge 3.65MB, 495x640 9 Satellite Comms Overview.pdf Tutorial of Satellite Communication
by Kamran Ahmed, Institute of Information Technology, University of Sindh, Pakistan
This is an excellent series of lectures on the basics of satellite communications.
enlarge 368KB, 495x640 10 Satellite Comms Orbital Mech.pdf Satellite Comms Orbital Mechanics. Lecture 4 by Kamran Ahmed.
enlarge 265KB, 495x640 11 Satellite Comms Orbital Perturbation.pdf Satellite Comms Orbital Perturbations. Lecture 5 by Kamran Ahmed.
enlarge 523KB, 495x640 12 Satellite Comms Radio Wave Prop.pdf Satellite Comms Radio Wave Propagation. Lecture 6 by Kamran Ahmed.
enlarge 46KB, 494x640 22 Parabolic Antenna Gain Basics.doc From http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/antennas/parabolic/parabolic-reflector-antenna-gain.php
enlarge 201KB, 495x640 28 Polarity Mismatch Levels.doc 20 Log (Cos Theta) Antenna polarity mismatch deltas. These figures apply to satellite cross polarity isolation where a maximum mismatch is desired.
enlarge 482KB, 495x640 34 Microwave Power Meter Readings Tutorial.doc Good stuff from http://www.microwaves101.com.
enlarge 254KB, 495x640 35 LNA technology article.pdf Although somewhat dated and written for TVRO the basics of LNB's are explained in this article better than any other I have ever read.
enlarge 47KB, 495x640 36 THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SHELTER DESIGN doc.doc MCL Tech Brief. (Manufacturer of Microwave Power Amplifiers HPA's).
enlarge 35KB, 495x640 37 DeGassing of TWT Tubes.doc MCL Tech Brief. (Manufacturer of Microwave Power Amplifiers HPA's).
enlarge 36KB, 495x640 38 EXTENDING THE LIFE OF A TRAVELING WAVE TUBE.doc MCL Tech Brief. (Manufacturer of Microwave Power Amplifiers HPA's).
enlarge 62KB, 495x640 39 Tube Amplifiers Just Won't Die.doc MCL Tech Brief. (Manufacturer of Microwave Power Amplifiers HPA's).
enlarge 36KB, 495x640 40 Power Factor - WHAT IS IT AND WHY CORRECT IT.doc MCL Tech Brief. (Manufacturer of Microwave Power Amplifiers HPA's).
enlarge 36KB, 495x640 41 OBTAINING MAXIMUM RETURN ON YOUR HPA INVESTMENT THROUGH EFFECTIVE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE .doc MCL Tech Brief. (Manufacturer of Microwave Power Amplifiers HPA's).
enlarge 256KB, 495x640 42 Common Coaxial Connectors - Specifications.doc Great article with specifications such as upper frequency limits for many types of coaxial connectors.
Most of these are for RF and microwave frequencies, but a few of the more common ones used for lower frequencies are included for completeness.
enlarge 192KB, 495x640 43 Microwave Coax Connectors.pdf Some theory about microwave coaxial connectors as well as a graph showing their upper frequency limits and photographs of each connector type.
enlarge 124KB, 495x640 46 Electrical Wire Specs.doc Specs for current carrying capacity of different gauge copper wire.
enlarge 34KB, 495x640 47 CSU DSU Explained.doc Cut and paste of information found on two web sites. Explains the terms CSU DSU.
enlarge 49KB, 495x640 48 What are dBm and dBw.doc
enlarge 534KB, 640x480 49 SN CN EbNo.pdf Signal-to-Noise, Carrier-to-Noise, EbNo on Signal Quality Ratios
enlarge 37KB, 494x640 50 Path Calcs.xls Calculating Link Budget for AMSAT-OSCAR 51 (Echo)
enlarge 559KB, 494x640 51 intercept-point.pdf Accurate and Rapid Measurement of IP2 and IP3
enlarge 177KB, 494x640 52 MT-012.pdf Intermodulation Distortion Considerations for ADCs
enlarge 37KB, 494x640 53 Measuring IP2.docx Measuring the second order intercept of a high performance preamplifier
enlarge 143KB, 494x640 54 ip3.pdf IP3 (3rd Order Intercept)
enlarge 97KB, 494x640 55 IP2 vs IP3.docx describes difference between second order intercept point (IP2) and third order intercept point(IP3).
enlarge 182KB, 494x640 56 Telex System Mgr GOTCHA.docx Gotcha! Problems programming a Telex IP-224 ROIP interface to Daniels Radio when using Telex System Manager software. The work around is NOT to use the system manager, log in using the IP address of the IP-224 through the web browser interface.
