| Abstract: | Measurements of slant-path attenuation and crosspolar discrimination, obtained from four satellite measurement programmes carried out at the BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, England, are described. The measurements covered frequencies in the range 11.3 GHz to 30 GHz, path elevations ranging from 8.3° to 29.9°, and were made using both circularly and linearly polarized signals. Cumulative distributions, derived from the measured data, are extrapolated to frequencies of 12.5, 14.3, 19.8 and 29.7 GHz and then combined to give statistics for a database of more than 20 years. |
