Development of 408MHz V-shape Dipole-based Antenna for Solar Observation

  • Authors

    • Radial Anwar
    • Mohammad Tariqul Islam
    • Norbahiah Misran
    • Azam Zavvari
    • Baharudin Yatim
    • Mhd Fairos Asillam
    2019-01-26
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v8i1.9.26360
  • V-Shape, Dipole-based Antenna, Solar Observation.

  • Abstract

    Solar is one of the most observed object in a radio astronomy, as it is highly affects the space weather. In this paper, a new 408 MHz dipole-based antenna for solar radio telescope system is presented. High gain up to 11.30 dBi with beamwidth size of about 58° has been achieved by optimizing the structure of parasitic elements on the antenna. Measurement result shows a good agreement with simulation, with error rate on frequency peak down to 0.98%. The proposed antenna has been utilized in several solar observation and the results are also presented in this paper.

     

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    Anwar, R., Tariqul Islam, M., Misran, N., Zavvari, A., Yatim, B., & Fairos Asillam, M. (2019). Development of 408MHz V-shape Dipole-based Antenna for Solar Observation. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 8(1.9), 23-27. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v8i1.9.26360

    Received date: 2019-01-22

    Accepted date: 2019-01-22

    Published date: 2019-01-26