MICROWAVE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

Last Updated 5/23/2002

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Excel Spreadsheet Programs to help determine receiving system noise performance.
You need Microsoft Excel to run these programs in your computer. Two Excel
program files are included in a single zipped file. Download the zipped file, then unzip
it to extract the two programs. They are described below. (Revised 5/22/02)

System Noise Temperature/Noise Figure from measurement of decibel change in
rcvr i.f. noise power, from pointing antenna first at Earth, then at Cold Sky. After
unzipping, the file name is nfskydb.xls (5/22/02)

System Noise Temperature/Noise Figure from measurement of change in rcvr audio
noise output voltage (rms), from pointing antenna first at Earth, then at Cold Sky.
After unzipping, the file name is nfskyrmv.xls (5/22/02)

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Programs written for Basic, Basica, GWBasic, or QBasic
(Use your browser's "Save As" command and download in Plain text format.)

MAXIMUM PATH LOSS FOR SPECIFIED ONE-WAY TX/RX/ANT SYSTEMS

ONE-WAY PATH LOSS VERSUS FREQUENCY AND DISTANCE

DISH ANTENNA PARAMETERS FROM DIMENSIONS

WAVEGUIDE SLOT ANTENNA DESIGN PROGRAM Revised (5/23/2002) due
to performance issues experienced with antennas built for 5760 and 2304 MHz.

POLAPLEXER DESIGN-INCH DIMENSIONS

POLAPLEXER DESIGN-CM DIMENSIONS