Antennas
Abstract
The paper discusses antenna systems in terms of integration in electronic countermeasure (ECM) devices. The bandwidth requirements are described and radiation pattern requirements of jamming antenna systems are considered. Optimal radiation patterns for antennas designed for intercept receivers are presented. A survey of antenna models with important ECM applications is given, noting: electric dipoles and monopoles, magnetic dipoles, helix and spiral antennas, logarithmically periodic antennas, horn antennas, surface-wave antennas, reflector-type antennas, and antennas for direction finding. Considerations for antenna siting are briefly outlined.
- Publication:
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Electronic Countermeasures
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978elcm.book...29G
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Electronic Countermeasures;
- Bandwidth;
- Clutter;
- Frequency Ranges;
- Helical Antennas;
- Horn Antennas;
- Impedance;
- Jamming;
- Log Periodic Antennas;
- Magnetic Dipoles;
- Polarization Characteristics;
- Radar Cross Sections;
- Radiant Flux Density;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Spiral Antennas;
- Communications and Radar