That is rather small for the maser antenna ... thinking of the overall range & message quality ... the antenna size and design plays a role in how directional the signal is, passive gain given to tx and rx signals, and number of signals that can be simultaineously transmitted (this being less of a consideration as we're dealing with a ship and not a communications satellite) hmmmm also related to the last would be the amount of data that can be effectively transmitted but again less of a consideration due to this being a single ship (and not a dedicated communications, command, control, intelligence vessel)
PEMS might include a "tail" in the manner of submarines deploying this expensive rig takes time, precludes frantic manuevering, but can be very effective. retracting again takes time, but once accomplished allows for said manuevers. When deployed vector changes would affect the tail's effectiveness for a time until it was stabilized ... such a system might be restricted to military & certain scientific vessels and not be that common. Effectiveness of the system would be increased however due in part to its seperation from the noise of the ship itself and also because of this the gain achieved by either a longer 'antenna' or the effect of having 2 antenna's (hull & tail) with a seperation built into them (consider the radio telescope arrays)
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--- On Fri, 5/28/10, Eamon Watters <> wrote:
From: Eamon Watters <>
Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] TL 12 Salvaged Sensor Turret
To:
Date: Friday, May 28, 2010, 12:30 AM
I know that the Foxbat Pathfinder (RCEG) also requires additional surface area for its turret sensor package, but I assume that's because the ship must be capable of manouver, as it will be used in a combat zone. For your package you might be able to dispense with this and limit the use of the sensors (or some sensors) to when the ship is not accelerating.
Starviking
--- On Thu, 27/5/10, Daryl Frewing <> wrote:
Surface area required by this turret (192 m2, which includes the 10 m2 for the turret) is far greater then the area the turret itself uses. Sufficient area must be available on the parent ship's hull in order to install this turret. Surface area breaks down as follows: PEMS antenna: 30, AEMS antenna: 11, Maser comm: 1, Radio: 50, Densitometer: 100.