Antennas and radio propagation by United States. Department of the Army

ELECTRONIC FUNDAMENTALS SERIES The manuals on electronic fundamentals form a progressive series of educational texts which present the theory and application of electronics for the military services. The series starts with the basic electrical fundamentals and extends to the most recent technical concepts, as applied to telegraphy, telephony, radio, loran, facsimile, radio direction finding, radar, meteorological radio, television, and other military equipments. See SR 310-20-4 for published, available manuals in this series. CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Section I. The electromagnetic wave II. Wave propagation III. Summary and review questions CHAPTER 2. MODES OF PROPAGATION Section I. Ground-wave propagation II. The ionosphere III. Sky-wave propagation IV. Summary and review questions CHAPTER 3. HALF-WAVE AND QUARTER-WAVE ANTENNAS Section I. Basic theory II. Transmission lines III. Basic feeder systems IV. Basic radiation patterns V. Practical half-wave antennas VI. Grounded antennas VII. Summary and review questions CHAPTER 4. LONG-WIRE ANTENNAS 5. DRIVEN AND PARASITIC ARRAYS Section I. Introduction II. Driven arrays III. Parasitic arrays IV. Summary and review questions CHAPTER 6. RADIO DIRECTION FINDING ANTENNAS INDEX