This section provides several tutorials on Satellite Communications, including satellite systems, link budgeting, satellite pointing angle calculator, and other related topics.
The tool provides a way to measure return loss given the load and source impedance. VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave Ratio) is a metric commonly used with antenna systems for ham or shortwave radio communication. VSWR is normally defined as a ratio with a 1:1 VSWR, indicating that there is an exact or perfect match between all antenna system elements
The tool provides a measure of reflection coefficient given source and load impedance (Zs and Zl). Reflection coefficient is a measure of energy transfer from source to load. The value is 1 when load impedance perfectly matches the source impedance.
The tool offers calculation of inductive reactance and admittance as well as capacitance. These are used widely in rf cable specifications to find the suitability of the cable for a given purpose.
Coaxial Cable Impedance Calculator allows you to enter the Outer Diameter Dielectric width, Inner conductor Diameter width and either the Dielectric Constant or Velocity of Propagation (VoP) values in order to calculate the impedance of the coax.
Tools are provided for measurement of cable impedance, Dual Dielectric Coax Calculator, Milli Watts to dBm Calculator, dBm to Milli Watts Calculator, Reactance Calculator, reflection coefficient Calculator return loss Calculator, and return loss Calculator(by using VSWR) Skin Depth Calculator VSWR Calculator VSWR Calculator(by using RL) Wire Over Ground Calculator
The tool provides satellite look angles after inputting the ground station longitude and latitude. The pointing angles are required to orient the earth station antenna towards the satellite for proper reception of the signals.