HF broadband whip antenna evaluation
Abstract
Present Navy shipboard antenna couplers used with whip antennas will not suffice for future frequency agile transmitting systems. A new broadband whip antenna which operates without a coupler should be evaluated for potential application in a frequency hopping mode. VSWR for various mounting configurations and gain relative to a 35 foot whip were measured in this initial portion of the evaluation. VSWR was typically less than 2:1 and relative gain averaged -19 dB with respect to a standard Navy 35 foot whip.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- October 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984nps..reptQ....A
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Broadband;
- Radio Antennas;
- Whip Antennas;
- Amplification;
- Evaluation;
- Frequency Hopping;
- High Frequencies;
- Ships;
- Short Wave Radiation;
- Supports;
- Transmitters;
- Communications and Radar