Theory and Application of Antenna Arrays

Presents modern mathematical techniques for analyzing and synthesizing linear and two-dimensional arrays, and applies these techniques to the design and evaluation of arrays consisting of HF antennas above imperfect ground. Author's detailed yet mathematically simple derivations are readily accessible to anyone with college-level mathematics and can be easily applied to special problems. Book is specifically intended for antenna analysts and designers, and communications researchers who need modern techniques of analysis and synthesis, quantitative information on commonly used antennas, and guidelines for measuring the effects of changing parameters on antenna and array performance. It will also be of interest to radio astronomers, geophysicists, direction finders, and signal processors using antenna and array tools.