• DocumentCode
    1531776
  • Title

    Bend It Like Beckham? [Microwave Surfing]

  • Author

    Bansal, Rajeev

  • Author_Institution
    University of Connecticut, 371 Fairfield Way, Unit 2157, Storrs, Connecticut, 06269-2157, USA
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    Years ago, I drove an old Chevy into a car wash. 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
    USA Councils;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1527-3342
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMM.2010.937095
  • Filename
    5506780