Calibration of C-131 and KC-135 Aircraft as HF Test Vehicles
Abstract
The report describes a method of accurately calibrating two aircraft test vehicles by using an HF standard gain ground reference antenna whose design includes ground conductivity parameters. Analytical and experimental test programs were performed with a C-131 aircraft and its wing-tip mounted loop antenna and a KC-135 aircraft with its boom mounted loop antenna and fuselage mounted long wire antenna. Both type aircraft were calibrated as a complete receiving 'unit', thereby taking into account variations in antenna pattern performance which result when the frequency of operation approaches the resonant frequency of the air frame.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0740553
Entities
People
- Edward J. Christopher
- Joseph L. Parry
Organizations
- Rome Laboratory