Gravity-Actuated Submarine Antenna
Abstract
An antenna including a feed tube with radial fins and 7 circular plates at the ends of the tube and fins thereby forming a boundary for a plurality of resonant cavities. Curved plates, connected to the tube by switches of a switching system, partially encompass and subtend to the length of the tube. Interior to the tube, a transmission line from an end plate terminus conducts radio-frequency energy from the terminus to a hub and onto a switch of the switching system in which the switch is mechanically reactive to and actuated by a righting action of the curved plates when the curved plates encounter sea state. When actuated, energy from the switch distributes to a proximate resonant cavity and curved plate to form a radiation pattern based on the difference in phase of the resonant cavity and curved plate.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 08, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADD020114
Entities
People
- David F. Rivera
Organizations
- United States Department of the Navy