SBIR/STTR Research Award
VLF TRANSMIT ANTENNA DESIGN
Award amount
$400,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- ASTRON WIRELESS TECHNOLIGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A TRANSPORT VHF (25-30 KHZ) TRANSMIT SYSTEM ANTENNA WAS STUDIED. SEVERAL INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS WERE ANALYZED AND EVALUATED BOTH IN THE LABORATORY AND THE ANTENNA RANGE. ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE MODELED AT 2.5 TO 3 MHZ. THE TECHNIQUES INCLUDE: LOOP, MONOPOLE (INCLUDE SLOW WAVE VERSIONS), CENTER-FED VERTICAL MONOPOLE, AND GROUND/AIR INTERFACE DIPOLE. THE PROGRAM STRESSED ANTENNAS WHICH COULD OPERATE IN AREAS WHERE THE GROUND CONDUCTIVITY IS POOR.
Technology keywords
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