VLF antenna base insulator model tests
Abstract
The report summarizes an investigation of alternate base insulator designs for VLF transmitting antenna towers. The investigation encompassed three principal tasks: measure the voltage distribution and capacitance of three candidate insulator designs under conditions which simulate the Lualualei, Hawaii and Annapolis, Maryland transmitting sites; modify the three candidate designs by changing the configuration of corona shields and/or rain shields to attain an equal voltage distribution across multisection insulators; and modify one or more designs for optimum rain protection, under the prevailing environmental conditions at the Lualualei site.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975STIN...7530450.
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Electrical Insulation;
- Foundations;
- Performance Tests;
- Insulated Structures;
- Models;
- Towers;
- Very Low Frequencies;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering