Title :
Intrinsic features of HF curtain arrays
Author_Institution :
Tarzana, CA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Features of horizontally polarized curtain arrays over perfect earth are explicated through consideration of a vertical linear aperture, and a vertical linear array of isotropes. The ideal sinusoidal distribution, and sampled and binary excitations are discussed and used
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; broadcast antennas; dipole antenna arrays; electromagnetic wave polarisation; HF broadcasting; HF curtain arrays; antenna radiation patterns; binary excitation; dipole arrays; horizontally polarized curtain arrays; perfect earth; sampled excitation; sinusoidal distribution; vertical linear aperture; vertical linear array; Apertures; Beam steering; Dipole antennas; Earth; Feeds; Hafnium; Linear antenna arrays; Moment methods; Pattern recognition; Sampling methods;
Journal_Title :
Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on
