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RECOMMENDATION ITU-R SA.1345 METHODS FOR PREDICTING RADIATION PATTERNS OF LARGE ANTENNASUSED FOR SPACE RESEARCH AND RADIO ASTRONOMY (Question ITU-R 127/7) (1998) Rec. ITU-R SA.1345 The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly, considering a) that in many cases reflector antennas used by space research and radio astronomy are similar in that they are of large diameter and operate at frequencies up to tens of GHz; b) that because of the large distances required to achieve conventional far-field conditions (2D2/(???standard antenna test range or anechoic chamber measurements are inappropriate; c) that many potential sources of terrestrial based interference to the two services will be in the near-field of the antenna; d) that accurate models and associated software are becoming available for the prediction of antenna radiation patterns in both the near-field and the far-field, and also for situations which involve interaction with additional reflectors or undesirable obstacles; e) that the predictions generated by such procedures can in some instances be validated by calibrated measurements, recommends 1 that where a choice of the most appropriate modelling technique is required for predicting the gain pattern of large reflector antennas, the methods described in Annex 1 and summarized in Table 1 be used: 2 that with respect to modelling techniques involving measurement, the description of the methods in Annex 2 be used as a guide in selecting the most appropriate method; 3 that in determination of the significance of the mechanical characteristics of the antenna to be modelled, attention be paid to the conclusions from the results of computer modelling described in Annex 3. TABLE 1 Analysis Techniques for Large Reflectors Sector(see Fig. 1) Recommended Analysis Techniques SECTOR IForward axial sector Physical Optics SECTOR IIFar sidelobes Geometrical Theory of Diffraction/Uniform Theory of Diffraction and Induced Field Ratio SECTOR IIIBacklobes Geo