• DocumentCode
    1039290
  • Title

    A nonresonant endfire array for VHF and UHF

  • Author

    Cumming, W.A.

  • Author_Institution
    National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1955
  • fDate
    4/1/1955 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    58
  • Abstract
    A new type of endfire array is described which has moderate bandwidth in the vhf and uhf ranges. Two types of arrays are dealt with; one, an unbalanced type fed with a coxial line, which was studied primarily to test the theory of operation of the antenna; the other, a balanced type fed with unshielded twin-line, which was developed as a receiving antenna for vhf television. This latter antenna has a gain varying from 6 db to 10 db above a dipole over a 50 per cent frequency range, and produces a voltage standing wave ratio of not greater than 2.5 to 1 on 300-ohm twin lead.
  • Keywords
    Endfire arrays; Helical antennas; TV receiver antennas; Traveling wave antennas; UHF antennas; VHF antennas; Antenna arrays; Antenna theory; Bandwidth; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Microwave antenna arrays; Receiving antennas; TV; Testing; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-1973
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1955.1144291
  • Filename
    1144291