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Report Style: Basic Properties

Reports all the parameters associated with set up of the receiver.

Data Provider:Basic Properties

Type: Fixed data.

Availability: Reports

Column Listing

Column	Column Name	Element	Type	Dimension	Description
1	g/T	g/T	Real Number or Text	GainTempRatio	g/T = (Receiver Gain)/(System Temperature at the Receiver). The ratio of the receive antenna gain g to the total system temperature T is the "figure of merit" for the receiver (in dB/K). The figure of merit is independent of the point where it is calculated. However, the gain and system temperature must be specified at the same point. This is defined by the user as a constant for the simple receiver. For all other receiver's, the g/T value is computed for each time step and therefore "N/A" is reported.
2	Gain	Gain	Real Number or Text	Ratio	Antenna gain (in dBi) of the transmitter or receiver. It is dependent on the antenna type used. For medium and laser transmitters or receivers, this value is a constant defined by the user. For complex and multibeam transmitters and receivers, the maximum antenna gain for the selected antenna type or the receiver is reported. The simple transmitter or receiver model assumes an isotropic antenna and therefore reports the antenna gain as a constant 0.0 dB.
3	Receiver Noise Figure	Receiver Noise Figure	Real Number or Text	Ratio	The noise figure represents the contribution to the total system noise by the gain stages of the receiver. It can be thought of as a factor that describes the noise level in a receiver relative to that in a theoretically perfect receiver. The noise figure is always greater than 0 dB.
4	Polarization	Polarization	Text	Unitless	Polarization shows which polarization type has been selected for the antenna. Polarization is a property of an electromagnetic wave that describes the orientation of the electric field vector with reference to the antenna's orientation. The three basic types of polarization are linear, elliptical and circular. In special cases of linear polarization, the electrical field is aligned vertically or horizontally with reference to the antenna. Circular polarization can be right-handed or left-handed. STK computes the polarization match, which is a quantity between a transmitter and a receiver based on their polarization types, positions, and attitudes. If a receiver or transmitter is of a single-beam type, the Model page for that communications object allows you to select among several polarization types, and, depending on the type selected, to specify one or more parameters. For multi-beam models, polarization is defined in the Modify Antenna Beam window.
5	Pre-Receive GL	Pre-Receive GL	Real Number or Text	Ratio	The total pre-receive gains and losses defined by the user for and applied at the front end of the receiver.
6	Pre-Demod GL	Pre-Demod GL	Real Number or Text	Ratio	The total pre-demodulation gains and losses defined by the user and applied at the demodulator.