HF antennas for NVIS applications mounted to helicopters with tandem main rotor blades

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 444-448

  Richie, James E ^a   Joda, Timothy ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft antennas; HF antennas; Loop antennas; Rotor blade modulation

Indexed keywords

AIRFRAMES; CARGO AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC WIRE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HELICOPTERS; ROTORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AIRCRAFT ANTENNAS; CARGO HELICOPTER; HIGH FREQUENCY ANTENNAS; NEAR VERTICAL INCIDENCE SKYWAVE; ROTOR BLADES; TOWEL BAR ANTENNA;

LOOP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0038519632     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2003.811317     Document Type: Article

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