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                                     SPECIAL ANTENNAS

 

Whip Antenna - a flexible vertical antenna usually for vehicles

Despun Antenna- a satellite antenna that is rotated at a rate equal to and opposite from the rate at which the satellite is spinning  so it can be pointed continuously to the earth.

Loop Antenna-an antenna that consists of one or more complete turns of a conductor.

Franklin Antenna-an antenna several half wavelengths long with non radiating phasing coils between half wave sections.

Quad helix-a helix without a ground plane used in GPS

Adcock- a directional antenna that consists of two vertical wires spaced one half wavelength apart or less, connected in phase opposition to give a figure of eight radiation. Used in Radio Direction Finders (RDF).

TVRO- Television Receive Only 

 

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