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robert777

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does anyone know how you go about calculating the diameter of a ground station dish required to deliver 1pW to th receiver.
 
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I think this would depend on where your receiver is located, the gain of the receiving antenna, and the transmission losses.

 
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you also would need to know the transmitter power output and its antenna gain.
 
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Path loss is also a function of frequency, so you need to know that. I assume this is a microwave signal.
 
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