Experimental evidence of a strong TE-polarized wave from an airborne LF transmitter /
E.A. Lewis, R.P. Harrison.

Description

Main Author

Lewis, E. A.

Related Names

Harrison, R. P.
Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1975.

Subjects

Ionosphere.
Radio > Radio / Transmitters and transmission.

Summary

Qualitative arguments are advanced to show that the nearly horizontal trailing-wire antennas of high-speed, high-altitude aircraft should excite waves of appreciable intensity in the Transverse Electric (TE) polarization. The altitude distribution of these waves should however differ markedly from that of the conventional Transverse Magnetic (TM) waves. To test these ideas, a special balloon receiver-probe was designed and flown. The experimental data provide strong evidence that TE fields from a standard ARC-96 airborne transmitter not only exists, but can be much larger than the associated TM fields at high altitudes.

Note

"Ionospheric Physics Laboratory Project 4603."
"ADA 019689 (from http://www.dtic.mil)."
"20 October 1975."

Physical Description

19 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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