Television antennas

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1997-09-03

1999-08-24

Wong, Don

Communications: radio wave antennas

Antennas

Balanced doublet - centerfed

343802, 343807, H01Q 928

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059430257

ABSTRACT:
A television antenna exhibiting a bandwidth including VHF and UHF, a low standing wave ratio, and an essentially omnidirectional radiation pattern. The antenna includes a sheet-like antenna element having a feedpoint, and an electromagnetic characteristic having non-uniform variation with distance from the feedpoint.

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