Microwave Antenna and Waveguide Techniques before 1900

• Published in: Proceedings of the IRE Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 405 - 415
• Main Author: Ramsay, John F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.02.1958
• Subjects: Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic waveguides; Horn antennas; Microwave antennas; Microwave communication; Microwave devices; Microwave theory and techniques; Optical waveguides; Reflector antennas

Between the years 1888, when Hertz first launched electromagnetic radiation in the radio spectrum, and 1900, when Marconi was successfully establishing communication by radio, the scientific investigators of the time turned their attention to microwaves. Later, when it was found that the longer wave...