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212 East Range

The Building 212 East antenna range is equipped with an azimuth over elevation positioner with a 10-ft aluminum mast supporting a polarization roll head. The positioner is track mounted (150 ft track) with a longitudinal adjustment for positioning the test antenna phase center. The source antenna has adjustable height and polarization (roll). The range normally operates from L-band through the Ka-band frequencies. RF absorber is available to mitigate ground reflection effects.

Note: As this range is infrequently used, it is maintained in a state of safe storage. Some cost and schedule impact should be anticipated and budgeted to support returning the range to the state of readiness required to support testing. Estimate available upon request.

212 East
212 East

About MESA

The MESA Antenna test facility provides cost competitive, rapid access, high accuracy antenna RF performance certification and calibration services for JPL spacecraft telecommunications systems and flight instruments such as Radars and Radiometers. The facility also supports developmental RF testing and characterization in support of JPL research and technology tasks. Measurement capabilities include antenna patterns and peak gain, polarization characteristics, impedance and bandwidth, multipaction and ionization breakdown testing.

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