Existing and Proposed Antenna System Designs for U. S. Marine Corps Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Communications (LVTC7)
Abstract
Using 1/12- and 1/24-scale brass models, measurements of radiation patterns, isolation, and impedance are made on the existing antenna system of the U. S. Marine Corps Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Communications (LVTC7). (The present arrangement - eight antennas on a small platform - had resulted in a closely coupled system that degraded communications performance. A new antenna system design, consisting of a vhf broadband antenna and multicoupler combination to replace five vhf antennas, is proposed. This approach is studied using the 1/12-scale brass model. Calculations for the predicted range performance of each system are included.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 11, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0917055
Entities
People
- L. M. Peters
Organizations
- Navy Electronics Laboratory