Why is it called Ku-Band?

The name Ku Band, comes from the obsolete designation of the NATO during the cold war, to the bottom of the k band, abbreviated as “K-under” , which refers to radio frequencies from 20 to 40 GHz (equivalent to wavelengths between 1.5 and 0.75 cm) and that today is defined as the part of the electromagnetic spectrum …

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What is Ka band?

Ka band. The Ka band (pronounced as either “kay-ay band” or “ka band”) is a portion of the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum defined as frequencies in the range 26.5–40 gigahertz (GHz), i.e. wavelengths from slightly over one centimeter down to 7.5 millimeters .

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What uses Ka band radar?

K-band is a more common police band, yet it is also emitted from non-police sources such as vehicles equipped with driver’s assistance packages (Audi’s Collision Avoidance system, for example). Ka-band is the newest radar band in use, and it almost always indicates the presence of a police officer .

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What is Ka-band used for?

The Ka-band is mainly used for communications with satellites . The uplink frequency for satellite communications is usually around 27.5 GHz or 31 GHz. Ka-band has several advantages like wide bandwidth, which is double that of the Ku-band and five times more than the C-band.12 Ağu 2019

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