Quality Factor and Statistics for Radiation Patterns of Shipboard HF Antennas

Abstract

The characteristics of various statistical entities of radiation patterns are reviewed in an effort to: improve the technical representation and definition of a figure-of-merit 'quality factor' for antenna patterns; improve understanding of the distribution of pattern gain values; determine requirements for antenna patterns; improve understanding of the distribution of pattern gain values; determine requirements for antenna pattern statistical data for various applications; develop an improved 'antenna pattern statistical summary' that employs the fewest numbers to provide a statistical characterization of radiation patterns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA207931

Entities

People

  • E. A. Thowless
  • S. T. Li

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antenna Radiation Patterns
  • Communication Systems
  • Engineers
  • Frequency
  • Link Analysis
  • Losses
  • Measurement
  • Power Gain
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Radio Frequency Power
  • Ship Models
  • Sky Waves
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Data
  • Statistics
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Regression Analysis.