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ANTENNE LOSANGE [1 record]

Record 1 2002-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

A directional travelling-wave antenna consisting of two conductors, or two groups of conductors, each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombic, fed at one pair of adjacent ends and correctly terminated at the remote end.

OBS

The length of the sides of the rhombus, the angle between the sides, the elevation above the ground, and the value of the termination resistance are proportioned to give the desired radiation properties.

OBS

The antenna usually is terminated in a resistance.

OBS

rhombic antenna; rhombic aerial: terms officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Antenne symétrique, directive, à onde progressive, constituée par des conducteurs disposés en losange généralement horizontal, alimenté en un de ses sommets et fermé au sommet opposé sur une impédance appropriée.

OBS

antenne en losange : terme et définition normalisés par l'AFNOR; terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
DEF

Antena direccional de onda progresiva que consta de dos conductores, o dos grupos de conductores, que forman los lados adyacentes de un rombo, generalmente horizontal, alimentada en uno de sus vértices y cerrada en el vértice opuesto.

OBS

antena rómbica: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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