DocumentCode
996968
Title
Design and performance of four buried UHF antennas
Author
Fitzgerrell, Richard G. ; Haidle, Leroy L.
Author_Institution
U. S. Department of Commerce, Office of Telecommunications, Inst. for Telecommunication Sciences, Boulder, CO USA
Volume
20
Issue
1
fYear
1972
fDate
1/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
56
Lastpage
62
Abstract
As a result of a 10-month study by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, four UHF antennas were designed and fabricated, and their absolute power gains for elevation angles from 
to 
and azimuthal patterns at 
elevation angle were measured with each antenna buried beneath 1 m of refractory concrete. Relative response of the four antennas, placed in solid granite, to a signal transmitted from an aircraft at ranges up to 300 km were recorded. The performance of the best buried antenna was comparable to that of a 
monopole fed against a 
diameter ground plane resting on the ground surface near the buried antenna.
to and azimuthal patterns at elevation angle were measured with each antenna buried beneath 1 m of refractory concrete. Relative response of the four antennas, placed in solid granite, to a signal transmitted from an aircraft at ranges up to 300 km were recorded. The performance of the best buried antenna was comparable to that of a monopole fed against a diameter ground plane resting on the ground surface near the buried antenna.Keywords
Buried antennas; UHF antennas; Aircraft; Antenna measurements; Concrete; Gain measurement; Goniometers; Power measurement; Solids; Transmitting antennas; UHF antennas; UHF measurements;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1972.1140138
Filename
1140138
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