The application of characteristic-mode techniques to vehicle-mounted NVIS antennas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-21

  Austin, Brian A ^a   Murray, Kevin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Wireless Facilities Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Land mobile radio; Method of Moments; Mobile antennas

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BROADCASTING ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SATELLITE RELAY SYSTEMS;

LAND MOBILE RADIO; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032002806     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.667319     Document Type: Article

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