Design and evaluation of an active antenna for a 29-47 MHz radio telescope array

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 826-831

  Ellingson, Steven W ^a   Simonetti, John H ^a   Patterson, Cameron D ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active antenna; Radio astronomy

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DISPERSION (WAVES); RADIO TELESCOPES; SYNCHROTRONS;

EIGHT-METER-WAVELENGTH TRANSIENT ARRAY (ETA); LOW-FREQUENCY ANTENNAS; UBIQUITOUS GALACTIC SYNCHROTRON EMISSION;

RADIO ASTRONOMY;

EID: 34047233002     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.891866     Document Type: Article

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