DocumentCode
1259419
Title
Bend it like Beckham? [AP-S Turnstile]
Author
Bansal, Rajeev
Author_Institution
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Volume
52
Issue
2
fYear
2010
fDate
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
131
Lastpage
131
Abstract
Years ago, I drove an old Chevy into a carwash. When I exited, the car sparkled, but, to my great dismay, the monopole whip antenna mounted on the hood had popped off at some point during the wash and dry cycle, leaving me without my AM car radio for months. While that was just a small inconvenience, having an antenna on a critical communication radio snap into two in a battlefield situation can have dire consequences.
Keywords
monopole antennas; radiocommunication; AM car radio; battle field situation; communication radio snap; dire consequences; dry cycle; monopole whip antenna; wash cycle; Antennas; Antennas and propagation; Automotive materials; Copper; Dipole antennas; Facsimile; Frequency; Gallium alloys; Monitoring; Radio communication; Skin; Stress; Temperature; World Wide Web; Tunable antennas; micro-fluidics; sensors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1045-9243
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAP.2010.5525592
Filename
5525592
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