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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernard E Feigenbaum, Neptune, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343736 ; 3437925 ; 343860 ;
Abstract
A broadband H.F. directional sky-wave antenna system comprises a plurality f interconnected, vertical, zig-zag, antenna sections of predetermined increasing height. A counterpoise is utilized to balance the antenna. Power is coupled to the shortest zig-zag section via an impedance matching transformer. A resistance is used to terminate the antenna in its characteristic impedance.