Appendix B - Abbreviated Index
Antennas:
acceptance pattern
antenna
aperiodic antenna
aperture
aperture illumination
aperture-to-medium coupling loss
beam
beam diameter
beam divergence
beam steering
beamwidth
biconical antenna
billboard antenna
boresight
Cassegrain antenna
collinear antenna array
corner reflector
counterpoise
departure angle
despun antenna
diplex operation
dipole antenna
directional antenna
direct ray
effective antenna gain contour (of a steerable satellite beam)
effective boresight area (of a steerable satellite beam)
effective height
effective isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.)
effective monopole radiated power (e.m.r.p.) (in a given direction)
effective radiated power (e.r.p.) (in a given direction)
fan-beam antenna
far-field radiation pattern
far-field region
feed
Fresnel zone
front-to-back ratio
ground plane
helical antenna
heterodyne repeater
horn
hybrid coupler
image antenna
intermediate-field region
isotropic antenna
lobe
log-periodic (LP) antenna
loop
main lobe
multicoupler
multi-element dipole antenna
natural frequency
near-field region
null
omnidirectional antenna
orthomode transducer
parabolic antenna
parasitic element
periodic antenna
periscope antenna
phased array
planar array
propagation mode
radiation pattern
radiation resistance
radio beam
radio horizon
radio horizon range (RHR)
radio range
reference antenna
reflective array antenna
rhombic antenna
shadow loss
side lobe
single-polarized antenna
skip zone
sky wave
slewing
slot antenna
space diversity
spillover
spot beam
test antenna
uniform linear array
whip antenna
Yagi antenna
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