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The SGC Building, 13737 S.E. 26th St. Bellevue, Washington 98005 USA
P.O. Box 3526, 98009 Tel: (425) 746-6310 Fax: (425) 746-6384
© 1997 SGC Inc.
SOLAR-POWERED CHARGERS ......................................................................................................................................46
HUMAN POWERED CHARGERS.....................................................................................................................................46
CHAPTER 3
HF ANTENNAS, FEEDLINES AND GROUNDS.........................................................................47
HF ANTENNAS, FEEDLINES & GROUNDS...................................................................................................................48
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT..........................................................................................................................................48
BASE ....................................................................................................................................................................................48
MOBILE ...............................................................................................................................................................................48
MARINE...............................................................................................................................................................................49
FIELD ...................................................................................................................................................................................49
AERONAUTICAL ...............................................................................................................................................................50
ANTENNA PATTERN BASICS .........................................................................................................................................50
ANTENNA CONSTRUCTION BASICS ............................................................................................................................53
ANTENNA TYPES..............................................................................................................................................................54
LONGWIRES AND RANDOM-LENGTH WIRES............................................................................................................54
VEES AND RHOMBICS.....................................................................................................................................................55
THE QUARTER WAVE VERTICAL.................................................................................................................................56
THE VERTICAL WHIP.......................................................................................................................................................57
THE WINDOM ANTENNA................................................................................................................................................57
THE DIPOLE AND ITS VARIATIONS..............................................................................................................................57
BEAM AND YAGI ANTENNAS........................................................................................................................................58
LOG-PERIODIC ANTENNA .............................................................................................................................................58
LOOP ANTENNA................................................................................................................................................................59
BOXES AND DELTAS .......................................................................................................................................................59
QUADS.................................................................................................................................................................................60
MOBILE ANTENNA VARIATIONS .................................................................................................................................60
FEEDLINES .........................................................................................................................................................................61
GROUNDING SYSTEMS ...................................................................................................................................................64
EQUIPMENT GROUNDS...................................................................................................................................................64
RF COUNTERPOISES AND GROUND PLANES.............................................................................................................64
BASE STATION GROUNDS..............................................................................................................................................65
FIELD-OPERATION GROUNDS.......................................................................................................................................66
MOBILE GROUNDS...........................................................................................................................................................67
SAILBOAT AND POWERBOAT GROUNDS...................................................................................................................68
AIRCRAFT GROUNDS ......................................................................................................................................................70
GROUND DAMAGE, AGEING AND MAINTENANCE..................................................................................................70
CHAPTER 4
INSTALLATION....................................................................................................................................................71
INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................................................................72
TRANSCEIVER...................................................................................................................................................................72
RUNNING POWER CABLES.............................................................................................................................................73
CONNECTING AND CONNECTOR TYPES ....................................................................................................................74