Ferrite Rod Antenna Arrays for Loran-C Receivers

Abstract

The use of a small ferrite antenna array is shown theoretically to be superior in performance to the whip antenna supplied with a PSN-4 Loran-C receiver manpack set. While the paper is overall theoretical in nature, the theoretical results and conclusions have been verified in subsequent limited experimentation. Initial test with a compact ferrite rod antenna array in place of a whip showed that the time for acquisition of Loran-C time coordinates with the PSN-4 set is reduced to about one third the time it takes with a 15 foot long whip.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0745097

Entities

People

  • Kurt Ikrath

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Antenna Arrays
  • Antennas
  • Arrays
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Ground Effect
  • Loran
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Materials
  • Magnetic Properties
  • Materials
  • Navigation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radio Navigation
  • Radio Navigation Systems
  • Whip Antennas

Readers

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design