A tunable electrically small antenna for ground wave transmission

Author

Lim, Sungkyun ; Rogers, Robert L. ; Ling, Hao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

Volume

54

Issue

2

fYear

2006

Firstpage

417

Lastpage

421

Abstract

A tunable, electrically small, wire antenna is developed for HF/VHF ground wave transmission. A variable capacitor is serially connected to tune the resonant frequency of the antenna. The optimal position for the placement of the capacitor is evaluated by numerical simulation. The tuning range and sensitivity are also investigated. A prototype antenna is built and tested, and the measured tuning performance is compared to the simulation results. Transmission loss tests are carried out in several nonline-of-sight environments. The measured transmission loss of the tunable small antenna is found to be within 1 to 2 dB of that of a commercial whip across the tested frequency range.

Keywords

HF antennas; VHF antennas; antenna testing; monopole antennas; numerical analysis; varactors; wire antennas; HF-VHF transmission; ground wave transmission; monopole antenna; nonline-of-sight environment; numerical simulation; resonant frequency; transmission loss test; tunable electrically small antenna; variable capacitor; wire antenna; Antenna measurements; Capacitors; Hafnium; Numerical simulation; Propagation losses; Resonant frequency; Testing; Transmitting antennas; Tuning; Wire; HF antennas; VHF antennas; monopole antennas; tunable antennas; wire antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2005.863394

Filename

1589410