Problems Radio

Communications
Dr.Prasant KumarPattnaik
AssistantProfessor
DepartmentofElectrical Engineering
BITSPilani HyderabadCampus
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Problem1
In a microwave communication link two identical antennna
operating at 10 GHz is used with power gain of 40 dB. If the
transmitted power is 1 W, what is the received power if the
range of the link is 30 km.

Ans:0.634W
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Problem2
What is the SNR of a communication link operating at 50
MHz bandwidth over a distance of 10000 km if parabolic dish
antennas (aperature efficiency 65%) are 1m diameter
operating at 3 GHz. Transmitter powr is 10 W and receiver
system temperature is 1000K.

Ans:35.76dB
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Problem3
Design a twoway radio link to operate over earthMars
distances for data and picture transmission with a Mars
probe at 2.5 GHz with a 5 MHz bandwidth. A power of 1019
W/Hz is to be delivered to the earth receiver and 1017 W/Hz
to the Mars receiver. The Mars antenna must be no larger
than 3 m in diameter. Specify effective aperture of Mars and
earth antennas and transmitter power (total over entire
bandwidth) at each end. Take earthMars distance as 6 light
minutes.
Ans:Earthantennadia=100m,Marspowertransmit=1kW,
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Problem4
A Cband radar with an antenna 1.8m in radius transmits
60kW at a frequency of 6 GHz. If the minimum
detectable power is 0.26 mW, for a target cross section of
5m2 calculate the maximum range and the signal power
density at half this range. Assume unity efficiency and the
effective area of the antenna is 70% of actual area

Ans:1270m,42.4W/m2
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Problem5
(a)A20GHzradarmeasuresaDopplershiftof6kHzona
baseballpitchersfastball.Whatisthefastballsvelocity?
(b)Tomeasurethevelocityofthefastballwiththe20GHz
radaratadistanceof100m,whatpowerisrequiredforan
SNR=30dB?Theradarusesaconicalhornwith8cm
diameterand0.5apertureefficiency.Theballdiameteris7
cmandithasaradarcrosssection(RCS)halfthatofa
perfectlyconductingsphereofthesamediameter.
Ans:162km/h,43.82W
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