Field enhancement of UHF-VHF aircraft antennas
Abstract
Results of high voltage electrical discharge tests of various electrode enhancement geometries are reported along with test conduct. Four antennas (collins, unknown 2- and 3-ft rods) were tested with both positive and negative voltages. It was found that on the negative electrode in large gaps, a large enhancement is needed to degrade the gap holdoff.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- August 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988afwl.rept.....N
- Keywords:
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- Aircraft Antennas;
- Antenna Design;
- Augmentation;
- Electrodes;
- Optimization;
- Electric Discharges;
- Electric Fields;
- Electrical Faults;
- Communications and Radar