Military UHF body-worn antennas for armored vests

EuCAP 2010 - The 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Psychoudakis, Dimitris ^a   Lee, Gil Young ^a   Chen, Chi Chih ^a   Volakis, John L ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMOR PLATE; BODYWORN ANTENNAS; LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; NEW DESIGN; REINFORCED PLATE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77955338319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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