The Measurement of Large Antennas with Cosmic Radio Sources

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1973, Pages 461-474

  Baars, Jacob W M ^a  

^a Dwingeloo Radio Observatory ^*  (Netherlands)

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ANTENNAS;

EID: 0015647005     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1973.1140521     Document Type: Article

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