Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – Waterborne
Patent
1984-07-26
1990-04-24
Sikes, William L.
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
Waterborne
H01Q 134
Patent
active
049203495
ABSTRACT:
An antenna mounting for use on a ship and which can be oriented in bearing and in elevation and has passive stabilization, which antenna mounting comprises, in combination,: (a) a frame which can be attached to a ship; (b) a support which can be oriented in bearing around an axis (bearing axis) in relation to said frame; (c) an intermediate device which is mounted on said support to oscillate around an intermediate axis at right angles to said bearing axis and whose center of gravity is below such intermediate axis; (d) an antenna support mounted on said device and which can be oriented around an axis of elevation at right angles to said intermediate axis; and (e) means comprising a pendular body mechanically connected to said support and said intermediate device and acting therebetween to maintain said intermediate device in a required orientation relative to horizontal.
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Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications
Sikes William L.
Wise Robert E.
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