Thanks to all who replied to my query. I now have several good leads which
I'll be following up. Cheers,

-vs-


"Richard Fry" wrote in message
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"Virgil Smith" wrote
Does anybody have a recommendation for a good book or journal article
on very short antennas? I'm trying to design the front end for a LF/VLF
receiver and would really like to know the equivalent circuit for
antennas ( both E-probe and loop ) a tenth of a wavelength or less.
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Lately I've been working on an Excel spreadsheet to calculate the
parameters associated with electrically short, MW/LF/VLF, v-pol
antennas -- including their inverse distance groundwave fields at 1 km and
somewhat beyond, subject to their specific groundwave propagation loss.
The equations are those found in an I.R.E. publication of the pioneer
broadcast consultant Carl E. Smith, and in REFERENCE DATA FOR RADIO
ENGINEERS, published by IT&T.

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