DocumentCode
861821
Title
The West Ford experiment—An introduction to this issue
Author
Morrow, W.E. ; Rogers, T.F.
Author_Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Mass.
Volume
52
Issue
5
fYear
1964
fDate
5/1/1964 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
461
Lastpage
468
Abstract
This paper briefly summarizes the significant operational and technical characteristics of the West Ford orbiting dipole radio communication technique, and serves as an introduction to the following papers which cover the various detailed aspects of the West Ford program.
Keywords
Circuits; Communication cables; Government; Ionosphere; Radio communication; Repeaters; Satellite broadcasting; Scattering; Telecommunication traffic; Telegraphy;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1964.2991
Filename
1444921
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