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| Keywords: Monopole corner reflector antenna.png corner reflector antenna for military communication from a US Navy communications manual The corner reflector antenna is a moderate gain directional antenna invented by John D Kraus in 1938 Dipole corner reflector antennas are widely used as rooftop UHF television antennas and for data communication links but vertical monopole versions like this can be used as directional antennas on the MF and HF bands The antenna consists of a vertical wire quarter-wave monopole driven element in front of two reflecting screens at a 90° angle consisting of curtains of parallel wires suspended from a support cable The radiating element is attached to a feedline at its bottom The other side of the feedine is connected to a ground system of buried cables in front of the antenna The quarter wavelength driven element together with its reflection in the ground plane form a half-wave dipole 1970-06 Retrieved July 7 2015 from http //www navy-radio com/manuals/0101-1xx/0101_113-04 pdf NAVELEX 0101 104 - HF Radio Antenna Systems Naval Shore Electronics Criteria June 1970 published by Naval Electronic Systems Command US Dept of the Navy p 4-8 fig 4-4 on http //www navy-radio com author Created by an employee of the US military during his official duties other versions PD-USGov-Military-Navy Uploaded with UploadWizard Corner reflector antennas | ||||
