University of North Dakota
ANTENNA ASSEMBLY
Reflector Type Parabolic Dish
Reflector Size 12ft -or- 3.66m
Feed Type Dual Polarized Horn
Polarization Horizontal and Vertical
Antenna Gain 43.75 (manufactured)
Beamwidth 0.99 degrees
Azimuth Limits None
Azimuth Velocity 20 deg/sec
Elevation Limits -1 to 90 degrees
Elevation Velocity 10 deg/sec
Synchro Resolution 0.1 degrees
Digital Controller RCP8 (Sigmet)
RECEIVER
Receiver type Dual, separate Horizontal and Vertical Channels
IF Frequency 60 MHz
Digital Receiver RVP8 and IFD (intermediate frequency digitizer) (Sigmet)
Minimum Detectible Signal(MDS) -106.5 dB
Radar Constant 64.5 at 2.0 microsecond PW
TRANSMITTER
Operating Frequency 5600 MHz
Type Magnetron
Peak Power 250 kW
Pulse Width (PW) 0.8 -or- 2.0 microseconds
Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) 250 - 1200 pps
PRODUCT TYPES
Corrected Reflectivity
Total Reflectivity
Doppler Velocity
Spectrum Width
Deferential Reflectivity
Differential Phase
Specific Differential Phase
HV Correlation
University of North Dakota
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of North Dakota
Box 9006 | Grand Forks, ND 58202-9006
Phone: 701.777.2184 | Fax: 701.777.5032