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Record 1 2011-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Telecommunications Facilities
DEF

An untuned, wideband directional antenna of the general end-fire type, which consists of a number of collector antennas, each loosely capacitively coupled to the resistor-terminated transmission line in collinear pairs.

OBS

[The fishbone antenna] is so called from its resemblance to the skeleton of a fish.

Key term(s)
  • fishbone aerial

French

Domaine(s)
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Installations de télécommunications
DEF

Antenne à rayonnement longitudinal formée de paires de brins rayonnants disposés dans un même plan de part et d'autre d'une ligne de transmission équilibrée rectiligne.

OBS

Chaque paire de brins forme un dipôle excité en son centre par la ligne de transmission.

Key term(s)
  • antenne en arêtes de poisson

Spanish

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