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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Billy's Update: ANTENNA ARRAY CONFIGIGURATION FOR DDA SOFTWARE

Billy's Update: ANTENNA ARRAY CONFIGIGURATION FOR DDA SOFTWARE



Tuesday, May 17, 2011


ANTENNA ARRAY CONFIGIGURATION FOR DDA SOFTWARE

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Antenna Array Configuration for DDA software

Digisonde Antenna Arrays
 Two different types of antenna arrays can be implemented in the Digisonde system. 7-antenna array is used for the DGS256 (DISS) system while 4-antenna array is used with the DPS system. Figure 1 shows two types of standard-per-manual antenna configurations.
(a)
(b)
Figure 1. a) Standard Digisonde 7-antenna array configuration. b) Standard Digisonde 4-antenna array configuration
Antenna Array Specification for DDA
The DDA software features a generic scheme for antenna array specification that allows any possible antenna configuration to be entered. A variety of "standard" antenna configurations can be defined using DEVN, MAXSEP, and ROTATA parameters, and in a case of "non-standard" antenna setup, each antenna position in the array can be specified individually.
DDA Antenna configuration is specified in the ddasetup.onl file, at the line *185 with the following format:
*185  StationName    < LAT, LONG, CGPLAT, CGPLONG, COMPN, MAXSEP, DEVN, ROTATA  >
For example,
*185  HAARP            < 62.24, 214.91, 80.00, -80.00,   23.8,  103.92, -30.0, 13  >
Parameters LAT, LONG, CGPLAT, CGPLONG, COMPN referring to the station location are explained below.
LAT  - Station Latitude
LONG  - Station Longitude
CGPLAT  - Corrected Geomagnetic Pole Latitude
CGPLONG - Corrected Geomagnetic Pole Longitude
COMPNTD - Compass North Deviation (a.k.a. Magnetic Declination Angle). Positive angles correspond to the compass north deviation to the East of geographic north.
Figure 2. Definition of the COMPN parameter
Parameters MAXSEP, DEVN, ROTATA specify the antenna configuration itself.
MAXSEP:  This variable specifies the maximum antenna separation of the largest triangle in the seven antenna array configuration (Figure 1a). Namely, MAXSEP is the distance in meters from antenna 5 to 6, 6 to 7, or 7 to 5.   MAXSEP always refers to the outer antennas of the seven-antenna system, even if they are not present  (as for the 4-antenna setup of the DPS).  In the case of the DPS where only four antennas are available, the MAXSEP is specified as the distance between the virtual antennas 5, 6, and 7. For example, in the standard DPS antenna layout, with 60 m long triangle side (distance between antennas 2 and 3) MAXSEP should be set to103.92 m. In this case, the DPS antennas 2, 3, and 4 are referred to as the inner antennas of the 7 antenna array.
DEVN:
Parameter DEVN ("deviation") is defined as an angle between the direction to Compass North and the line passing through the antennas #3 and #1. This angle is counted counter-clockwise from the Compass North toward the "3-1" line (see Figure 3), taking values from -180 to 180.
Figure 3. Specification of the DEVN parameter.
ROTATA. This parameter (a) defines the antenna array configuration, and (b) also specifies the output coordinate system for skymap and velocity data calculated by the DDA software. Possible values for the ROTATA parameter are defined in the following table.
ROTATA
Antenna setup
0
3
6
Clockwise rotating 7 antenna setup
1
4
7
Clockwise rotating 4 Inner antenna setup
2
5
8
Clockwise rotating 4 Outer antenna setup
9
12
15
Counter-clockwise rotating 7 antenna setup
10
13
16
Counter-clockwise rotating 4 Inner ant. setup
11
14
17
Counter-clockwise rotating 4 Outer ant. setup
-1
-2
-3
Non-standard antenna setup
Corrected
Geomagnetic
Geomagnetic
Geographic
Output coordinate system
Rotation Sense:  This specifies the actual position of the antennas in the triangular array.  In a seven‑antenna setup, antennas 6, 2, and 5 are located west of antenna 1, while antennas 4 and 7 are located east of antenna 1.  This antenna field is said to be a counter-clockwise rotating field since spiraling from antenna 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to 7 the spiral is in a counter-clockwise direction.  For the mirror image array where antennas 7 and 4 are located west of antenna 1 and antennas 6, 2, and 5 are located east of antenna 1, the spiraling from antenna to antenna goes in a clockwise direction.
Standard Antenna Array Configurations
Historically, three standard Digisonde antenna array configurations were considered in the UMLCAR software for ionogram processing (ADEP, Viewer, SAO Explorer):
·         Standard per manual
·         Mirrored (rotated 180° about the X axis)
·         Rotated (rotated 180° about the Z axis
Recently, in support of our DIDBase (Digital Ionogram DataBase) development, we have introduced a new scheme for specification of the Digisonde antenna array configurations. The following antenna array nomenclature is now used:
·       Seven antennas standard
·       Seven antennas mirrored
·       Four antennas standard
·       Four antennas mirrored
DDA antenna specification examples for some of commonly used antenna layouts can be found in the tables below.

Four Standard Antenna Array Configurations
Commonly used in Digisonde 256 and DISS
DEVN = 0
MAXSEP = 100.0
ROTATA = { 9, 12, 15 }
Known installations:
  • Millstone Hill
  • Goose Bay DISS
DEVN = 0
MAXSEP = 100.0
ROTATA = { 0, 3, 6 }
In the "standard" configuration, antenna 1 to antenna 7 are walked counter-clockwise.
In the "mirror" configuration, antenna 1 to antenna 7 are walked clockwise.
Commonly used in DPS.
DEVN = -30
MAXSEP = 103.92
ROTATA = { 10, 13, 16 }
Known installations:
  • Rome
  • LaTrobe U. ?
DEVN = 30
MAXSEP = 103.92
ROTATA = { 1, 4, 7 }
Other known cases
Here's more examples of existing Digisonde antenna arrays configurations in the new encoding scheme:
Formerly "ROTATED DGS-256". 
Known installations:
·        Karachi
·        Kokubunji
·        Beijing
DEVN = 180
MAXSEP = 100.0
ROTATA = { 9, 12, 15 }
DPS working on the internal loop of the array configuration "MIRRORED 7 ANTENNA DEVN=0"
·        Millstone Hill
DEVN = 0
MAXSEP = 103.92
 ROTATA = { 1, 4, 7 }
DPS working on the internal loop of the array configuration "STANDARD 7 ANTENNA DEVN=0"
·        Sondestrom
·        Ramey AFB
DEVN = 0
MAXSEP = 100.0
   ROTATA = { 10,13, 16 }
Formerly known as "DPS ROTATED"
·        Juliusruh?
DEVN = 150
MAXSEP = 103.92
   ROTATA = { 10,13, 16 }
Non-standard Antenna Array Configurations
If the antenna array configuration is not one of the standard (listed above), such a non-standard setup is described by direct specification of each antenna coordinates in the lines 170-183 of the ddasetup.onl file or lines 080-082 of the Station UDD file.
The ROTATA parameter shall be set negative in this case:
           ROTATA  =  -1     DDA output is in Corrected Geomagnetic coordinates
           ROTATA  =  -2     DDA output is in Compass coordinates
           ROTATA  =  -3     DDA output is in Geographic coordinates
Individual antenna specifications should made in the system of coordinates (Figure 4), where
·         X points to the Compass North at the time of installation
·         Z is the local vertical pointing up, and
·         Y forms the right-hand system (i.e., points to the West).
Figure 4. Coordinate system used in DDA for antenna orientation
Note: For non-standard antenna configurations, there is no need to specify parameters MAXSEP, COMPN, DEVN in ddasetup.onl file.

2 comments:


billy hayes said...
further follow up can be found: http://www.digisonde.com/antenna-config.html
billy hayes said...
One must take into consideration that HAARP Arrays are set up as quad arrays, but any guy supported tower over 500 foot with insulated upper guy levels can be used as reflectors, deflectors and directors of HAARP signals all over the world. Same follows with EMP/EMF generation sites

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