• DocumentCode
    386838
  • Title

    Broadband trapped multiple-wire antennas

  • Author

    Edson, W.A.

  • Author_Institution
    SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    29738
  • Firstpage
    586
  • Lastpage
    589
  • Abstract
    A vertical monopole consisting of 13 wires and 39 trap circuits, as a 10:1 scale model of an antenna for the 2- to 30-MHz band was built and tested. In the range from 18 to 600 MHz, the measured VSWR referred to 160 \\Omega exceeds 4:1 in only a few relatively narrow frequency ranges. The results agree well with a simple design theory, which is based on Schelkunoff\´s transmission-line equivalence. My belief is that refinement of this approach may lead to antennas that are efficient and reasonably well matched over three or four octaves.
  • Keywords
    Antenna feeds; Antenna theory; Broadband antennas; Circuit testing; Distributed parameter circuits; Frequency; Impedance; Transmission line antennas; Tuned circuits; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1981
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.1981.1148473
  • Filename
    1148473