Accession Number:

AD0625972

Title:

The Short-Backfire Antenna

Descriptive Note:

Instrumentation papers no. 86

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS HANSCOM AFB MA

Personal Author(s):

• Ehrenspeck, H. W.

Report Date:

1965-06-02

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

A new type of antenna, the Short Backfire, consists of two plane reflectors, spaced approximately half a wavelength apart, and the feed between them. It develops a high gain and its patterns have a very low sidelobe level.

Descriptors:

• *ANTENNAS
• DIPOLES
• GAIN
• REFLECTORS
• REPRINTS
• S BAND

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE