The Coaxial Collinear Antenna: Current Distribution from the Cylindrical Antenna Equation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 327-331

  Judasz, Thierry J ^a   Ecklund, Warner L ^b   Balsley, Ben B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS - ARRAYS; ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - CURRENT; ELECTRIC NETWORKS - TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - NUMERICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES, COAXIAL;

24- AND 26-ELEMENT 50MHZ ANTENNAS; COAXIAL COLLINEAR ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS, DIPOLE;

EID: 0023311394     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1987.1144095     Document Type: Article

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