UHF propagation in caves and subterranean galleries

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1134-1138

  Rak, Milan ^a,b   Pechac, Pavel ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b El Communications CR sro   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

UHF measurements; UHF radio propagation; Underground electromagnetic propagation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

UHF MEASUREMENTS; UHF RADIO PROPAGATION; UNDEGROUND ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION;

UHF DEVICES;

EID: 34247118431     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.893385     Document Type: Article

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