Accession Number:

AD0742230

Title:

Performance of Trees as Radio Antennas in Tropical Jungle Forests (Panama Canal Zone Experiments)

Descriptive Note:

Research and development technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND FORT MONMOUTH NJ

Personal Author(s):

• Ikrath, Kurt
• Kennebeck, William
• Hoverter, Robert T.

Report Date:

1972-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

66.0

Abstract:

Radio transmission and reception experiments in tropical jungle forest covered terrains are described and the performance of conventional whip antennas is compared with the performance of Hybrid Electromagnetic Antenna Couplers HEMAC in conjunction with jungle trees as antennas.

Descriptors:

• *ANTENNAS
• *RADIO TRANSMISSION
• TREES
• RELIABILITY(ELECTRONICS)
• PANAMA
• ANTENNA COMPONENTS
• COUPLING CIRCUITS
• JUNGLES
• TACTICAL WARFARE

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation
• Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE