Modeling of algorithm for direction finding of radio-frequency radiation sources by phase correlation direction finders

The space antenna array elements position influence on value of potential bearing area with using phase-correlation algorithm for direction finding are considered. Computer simulations for the three variants of construction direction-finding antennas were performed. The results of the simulation are shown in the form of direction-finding features. The wide possibilities of optimizing direction-finding antenna arrays by computer simulation are shown. The area of potential bearing was reduced more than two times with the original array. The work was done at the Research Institute of digital processing systems and information security of SUSU, supervisor Prof. Y.T. Karmanov.