AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE PROPERTIES OF ANTENNAS IMMERSED IN CONDUCTING MEDIA
Abstract
Measured results of the driving-point admittance, the amplitude distribution of the current, and the phase distribution of the current relative to the phase at the driving point for a dipole antenna when immersed in homogeneous and inhomogeneous conducting media are presented. Measurements were also made of the amplitude distribution and phase distribution of the current for a half-wave dipole antenna immersed in a stratified medium for various gradients of the conductivity. The results of these experiments indicate that either an antenna of short electrical length or a half-wave dipole antenna can be used as a probe to measure the dielectric constant and conductivity of the medium in which it is immersed. A half-wave dipole antenna could well be used to detect an inhomogeneity in an extended medium.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 15, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0273687
Entities
People
- Keigo Iizuka
- Ronald W. P. King
Organizations
- Harvard University