• DocumentCode
    1006111
  • Title

    Trees performing as radio antennas

  • Author

    Ikrath, K. ; Kennebeck, W. ; Hoverter, R.

  • Author_Institution
    US Army Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    1/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    137
  • Lastpage
    140
  • Abstract
    Radio transmission and reception experiments conducted in a tropical jungle are described. The performance of conventional whip antennas is compared with the performance of trees utilized as antennas in conjunction with hybrid electromagnetic antenna couplers (HEMAC´s). The trees were found to outperform the whip in some cases by up to 20 dB.
  • Keywords
    Antennas; Radio propagation terrain factors; Tropical regions; Vegetation; Couplers; Electromagnetic coupling; Hafnium; Impedance; RF signals; Radio frequency; Radio transmitters; Spirals; Vegetation; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1975.1141017
  • Filename
    1141017
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1006111