PDS
1. What is the free space loss (FSL) for a radiolink 9
miles long operating at 3.955 GHz?
2. What is the free space loss (FSL) for a radiolink 31
km long operating at 37.05 GHz?
3. What is the free space loss (FSL) to the moon at 6
GHz and at 12 GHz?
4. What is the EIRP of a transmitting subsystem
operating at 15 GHz with 4.5 dB of line losses? The
output of the transmitter at its flange is 20 mW
and the antenna gain is 41 dB.
5. A 21-mile radiolink operating at 6.1 GHz has the
following characteristics: at the transmitter 120 ft
of EW-64 waveguide (1.7 dB/100 ft), transition loss
of 0.2 dB, a 4-ft antenna at the transmit end, 0
dBW output at the transmitter waveguide flange.
What is the isotropic receive level at the distant
end?
6. From question 5, on the receive end of the link
there is 143 ft of EW-64 waveguide, a similar 4-ft
antenna, and same transition. What is the unfaded
RSL?
7. A low noise amplifier (LNA) has a 3 dB noise figure,
operates at room temperature and incorporates a
bandpass filter in its front end with 120-MHz
passband. What is the thermal noise threshold of
the receiver in dBm?
8. What is the range (distance) to a geostationary
satellite if the elevation angle for a particular
earth station is 27°?
9. Calculate the free space (spreading) loss to a
geostationary satellite at 6105 MHz when the
elevation angle is 23°.
10. Calculate the isotropic receive level at an earth
station if a satellite transponder radiales + 31dBW
on 7.305 GHz and the elevation angle is 15°.
Consider only free space loss.
11. Calculate the flux density in dBW per meter
impinging on a satellite antenna if the EIRP of an
earth station were +65dBW and the earth station
was directly under the satellite (i.e., at the
subsatellite point).
12. What is the thermal noise level in dBW in 1-Hz
bandwidth of the theoretically perfect receiver
operating at absolute zero.
13. What is the receiving system noise temperature in
kelvins when the antenna noise is 105 K and the
receiver noise is 163°K.
14. As one lowers the elevation angle of an earth
station antenna toward the horizon, what happens
to Tsys ? Give at least two reasons why.
15. The noise figure of a certain LNA is 1.25 dB. What
is the effective noise temperature of the LNA in
kelvins?
16. A section of waveguide has an ohmic loss of 0.3 dB.
What is its (ap-proximate) equivalent noise
temperature when inserted in the transmission line
system?
17. What is the spectral noise density in 1-Hz
bandwidth (No) of an earth station receiving
system where Tsys is 97°K?
18. If the receive signal level (RSL) at the input of a
certain LNA is –131dBW where T is 141°K at the
same reference point, what, then, is the value of
C/No?
19. G/T for a particular earth station is given as 40.7
dB / K where G at the reference plane is 61.5 dB.
What is Tsys?
20. Calculate receiver noise temperature where an LNA
has a noise figure of 1.05 dB and a gain of 30 dB,
and the noise temperature of a subsequent
postamplifier is 450°K.
21. Calculate downlink C/No for an earth coverage
antenna of a satellite where the EIRP of that beam
is + 34dBW, the earth station G/T is 21.5 dB/K, and
the total downlink losses are 202 dB.
22. Calculate the required G/T of a satellite where the
required uplink C/No at the satellite transponder is
85 dB/Hz, the terminal EIRP is + 62dBW, the
operating frequency is 6250 MHz, the elevation
angle is 21°; the satellite uses a spot beam and the
earth terminal is somewhere inside the 3dB contour
footprint. Use reasonable loss values.
ING. CESAR GERONIMO MAYOR