• DocumentCode
    882151
  • Title

    Surface-wave effects with large antenna earth screens

  • Author

    Wait, J.R.

  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1969
  • Firstpage
    552
  • Lastpage
    553
  • Abstract
    It is pointed out that a perfectly conducting earth screen may not be the optimum if low-angle radiation is to be maximised for a given antenna current. This is a consequence of the surface wave excited for an earth screen with finite inductive reactance.
  • Keywords
    antenna earths;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19690415
  • Filename
    4210635