Accession Number:

AD0745097

Title:

Ferrite Rod Antenna Arrays for Loran-C Receivers

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND FORT MONMOUTHNJ

Personal Author(s):

• Ikrath, Kurt

Report Date:

1972-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

74.0

Abstract:

The use of a small ferrite antenna array is shown theoretically to be superior in performance to the whip antenna supplied with a PSN-4 Loran-C receiver manpack set. While the paper is overall theoretical in nature, the theoretical results and conclusions have been verified in subsequent limited experimentation. Initial test with a compact ferrite rod antenna array in place of a whip showed that the time for acquisition of Loran-C time coordinates with the PSN-4 set is reduced to about one third the time it takes with a 15 foot long whip.

Descriptors:

• *ANTENNA ARRAYS
• *LORAN
• PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
• RADIO RECEIVERS
• RODS
• RELIABILITY(ELECTRONICS)
• FERRITES

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE