A Flush-Mounted Runway Antenna for Use with the FAA Directional Glide-Path System

Autor: R. H. McFarland, J. R. Baechle
Rok vydání: 1960
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Zdroj: IRE Transactions on Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics. :32-39
ISSN: 0096-1639
DOI: 10.1109/tane3.1960.4201729
Popis: A flush-mounted airport runway antenna has been designed, built, and tested which will allow glide-path signals for instrument landings to be radiated directly from the touchdown point on the runway. Empirical and simplified analytical design procedures are discussed together with a comparison of desirable and measured antenna characteristics. Sufficient low-elevation angle directivity has been obtained from a prototype antenna to provide a path which extends well beyond 5 miles, the approximate distance at which the glide is intercepted in practice.
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