Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – With aircraft
Patent
1988-12-22
1990-02-20
Hille, Rolf
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
With aircraft
343848, 343849, H01Q 128
Patent
active
049030361
ABSTRACT:
A VLF communication system which utilizes the tether of an aerostat system as the VLF antenna. The aerostat is flown at an altitude such that the tether is approximately a quarter wavelength of the operating frequency and the transmitter signal is coupled to the antenna by means of a elongated sleeve transformer surrounding the tether and including a single turn primary coupled to the transmitter with the tether acting as a single turn secondary of the transformer.
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Hille Rolf
Le Hoang-anh
Schron D.
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
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