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Evaluation of Field-Mapping Data for the MI-Tech MI-506CE-1 Compact-Range Reflector in the Sandia National Laboratories' Facility for Antenna and Radar-cross-section Measurements (FARM)
The compact range, located at the Sandia National Laboratories Facility for Antenna and Radar-cross-section Measurements (FARM), has been upgraded by the addition of a new, larger reflector. The new reflector, an MI Technologies model MI-506CE-1, was installed and tested during August through October of 2013. Extensive field mapping was performed by MI Tech personnel, and that data is presented and examined here. Statistics describing the field quality are provided for the nominal test zone, as well as several reduced-size test zones. Spatial-frequency analysis has been applied to the data, and this process allows a determination of amplitude and direction information associated with unwanted reflected and diffracted field components arriving in the test zone.