Automatic Boresight Measuring Equipment

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Title
Automatic Boresight Measuring Equipment
Description
The high fineness ratio required by modern boresight radomes has reduced present day radome design to an art rather than a science. The radome designer must have at his disposal some means of rapidly collecting boresight shift data, which he can employ to improve or control a given radome design.

This paper describes an automatic boresight measuring system, consisting of a radome mounting fixture, a radar tracking antenna and a null seeking mechanism, which can be employed to provide such data. The automatic boresight measuring equipment is able to automatically collect and record boresight data, cross talk data, and the vector sum of these two as a function of the angle of look. The accuracy of these measurements is better than 0.25 mils.

This particular set of automatic boresight measuring equipment can also be employed as a radiation pattern measuring device.
Creator
Damonte, John B.
Gaetano, Al
Format
1 online resource (10 pages) : ill.
Type
article
Abstract
The high fineness ratio required by modern boresight radomes has reduced present day radome design to an art rather than a science. The radome designer must have at his disposal some means of rapidly collecting boresight shift data, which he can employ to improve or control a given radome design.

This paper describes an automatic boresight measuring system, consisting of a radome mounting fixture, a radar tracking antenna and a null seeking mechanism, which can be employed to provide such data. The automatic boresight measuring equipment is able to automatically collect and record boresight data, cross talk data, and the vector sum of these two as a function of the angle of look. The accuracy of these measurements is better than 0.25 mils.

This particular set of automatic boresight measuring equipment can also be employed as a radiation pattern measuring device.
Extent
10
Corporate Author
Dalmo Victor Company
Report Number
WADC TR 56-393 Volume I p. 217-226
Report Availability
Full text available
Distribution Classification
1
Publisher
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force
Date
1956
Date Issued
1956-08
Provenance
Bombardier/Aero
Laboratory
Electronic Components Laboratory
Contract
AF 33(616)-3212
DoD Project
4158
DoD Task
41547
Distribution Conflict
No
Identifier
AD0097150

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Proceedings of the OSU-WADC Radome Symposium