Rear-window heater antennas for mobile radio and for broadcast reception

1 January 1986

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Journal of the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers

Vol. 56 (6-7) , 223-227
https://doi.org/10.1049/jiere.1986.0087

Abstract

Aerials which employ the conductors of the rear-window heaters of motor vehicles have been developed recently for broadcast reception at low and medium frequencies and v.h.f. This paper describes the techniques used to optimize their performance and presents results from a production saloon car. An experimental rear-window heater aerial for transmitting and receiving in the v.h.f. low band is described and the conflicting constraints of efficiency, bandwidth, power-handling and cost are discussed. Test results are presented for a hatch-back vehicle and compared with those from roof and wing-mounted whip aerials.

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