Mobile Antenna Systems Handbook (The Artech House Mobile Communications)

Presents a variety of antenna techniques relating to communication, radar, navigation, and so forth that are not covered in other books, the distinction being the emphasis throughout on systems. The volume is organized into seven chapters: general view of antennas in mobile systems; essential techniques in mobile antenna systems design; land mobile antenna systems basic techniques and applications; land mobile antenna systems pagers, portable phones, and safety; land mobile antenna systems cars, trains, buses; antennas for mobile satellite systems; and antenna systems for aeronautical mobile communications. The Appendix is a catalog of antenna types together with reference tables relating the antenna types to the nature of the mobile terminals and giving a breakdown in terms of applications and frequency bands. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.