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The spectrum of electromagnetic interference that is induced by discharges in an antenna arranged under an aircraft radome in an artificial charged aqueous aerosol cloud has been experimentally studied. It is established that, among different possible variants of lightning-arrest radomes, the minimum level of the spectral density of interference signals in the antenna is provided by vertical stripe electrodes on the radome surface. The maximum characteristic frequencies of signals in a model spherical antenna are several times lower than those in model lightning diverters, while the flat model antennas of disk or rectangular shapes exhibit the opposite trend. It has been suggested that a significant role in determining the characteristics of the electromagnetic interference spectrum in weather radar antennas is played by currents of discharges generated by charges accumulated on the dielectric radome surface.
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Original Russian Text © A.G. Temnikov, M.Z. Gilyazov, D.A. Matveev, A.Yu. Voronkova, L.L. Chernenskii, A.V. Orlov, 2011, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2011, Vol. 37, No. 18, pp. 7–16.
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Temnikov, A.G., Gilyazov, M.Z., Matveev, D.A. et al. Studying electromagnetic interference spectrum in antenna under aircraft radome using models with artificial charged aerosol clouds. Tech. Phys. Lett. 37, 845–848 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785011090276
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