PATTERN HANDBOOK. VOLUME 4: FAR-FIELD PATTERNS OF A LINEAR ANTENNA RADIATING IN THE PRESENCE OF RECTANGULAR CYLINDERS
Abstract
The prediction of fields radiated by shipboard antennas is complicated by the presence of parasitically excited superstructure which warps and deteriorates the far-field patterns. If antennas are to be located in some logical manner on the ship, or if the ship design itself is to take account of the primary radiating elements, then some guided must be found to account for the influence of superstructure on antenna patterns. To this end, a handbook has been compiled, giving patterns of a thin, linear, vertical antenna radiating in the presence of cylindrical conducting structures of various crosssectional shape. The model used to approximate this configuration is that of an infinite line source, representing the dipole, radiating in the presence of an array of thin, infinite wires parallel to each other and outlining the surface of the offending cylindircal structure. Because long distance communication systems aboard ship usually operate at wavelengths between 10 and 100 meters, structures which have rather sizeable physical dimensions are not very large in terms of wavelength.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0468701
Entities
People
- C. H. Brenner
Organizations
- Ohio State University