• DocumentCode
    929093
  • Title

    Radiation Characteristics of Helical Antennas of Few Turns

  • Author

    Haycock, Obed C. ; Ajioka, James S.

  • Author_Institution
    Electrical Engineering Dep´´t., University of Utah, Salt Lake City 1, Utah
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1952
  • Firstpage
    989
  • Lastpage
    991
  • Abstract
    A one-turn helical antenna designed to produce axial radiation is linearly polarized. A similar antenna can be made circularly polarized by suitable resistance loading. This paper presents a method of producing circular polarization by resistance loading a 1¿-turn helix.
  • Keywords
    Antenna measurements; Copper; Frequency; Helical antennas; Loaded antennas; Polarization; Resistors; Testing; Transmitting antennas; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IRE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-8390
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JRPROC.1952.274137
  • Filename
    4051094