High-efficiency sea-water monopole antenna for maritime wireless communications

• Main Authors: Hua, Changzhou, Shen, Zhongxiang
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Antennas, wave guides, microwaves, radar, radio
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99868; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/23923
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents a study of sea-water monopole antenna at very high frequency (VHF) band for maritime wireless communications. The sea-water monopole antenna consists of a feeding probe and a sea-water cylinder held by a clear acrylic tube. The feeding probe is loaded with a disk on the top to im...