I concentrate on the basic function to be performed by a radiating device, whether it be aerial, antenna, array or transducer, and to consider its effect upon a system whose function is to gain information. Most of this chapter concentrates on transmitter antenna applications in radar and radio communications. However, where there is relevant equivalence in other fields, such as sonar, it is discussed so as to draw the reader's attention to the similarities, or lack of them.

Inspec keywords: transmitting antennas; sonar; radar antennas

Other keywords: transmitter aerials; radar communications; transmitter antenna; sonar; radio communications

Subjects: Single antennas