Naval structural antenna systems for broadband HF communications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1065-1073

  Marrocco, G ^a   Mattioni, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Broadband antennas; High frequency antennas; Loaded antennas; Naval communications; Software defined radio; Structural antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; INSTALLATION; NAVAL VESSELS; RADIO COMMUNICATION;

BROADBAND ANTENNAS; BROADBAND HF COMMUNICATION; HIGH-FREQUENCY ANTENNAS; LOADED ANTENNAS; NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS; NAVAL STRUCTURAL ANTENNAS SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO; STRUCTURAL ANTENNA;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33645714716     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.872559     Document Type: Article

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