Gain of an E-Plane Sectoral Horn—A Failure of the Kirchhoff Theory and a New Proposal

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1974, Pages 221-226

  Jull, Edward V ^a   Allan, Laverne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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ANTENNAS, HORN;

EID: 0016037855     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1974.1140750     Document Type: Article

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