| | Tunable dipole antenna - Patent 4201990 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | In the case of a multi-band dipole antenna, in accordance with the invention, relays or solid state switching circuits connect pairs of taps symmetrically spaced from the mid plane of the loading coil to adjacent ends of linear radiating elements and the disc is located on the mid plane of the coil. |
 | | Another object is the provision of a new and improved tuning arrangement for an antenna comprised of a loading coil and a disc, either electrically conductive or magnetically permeable, within the coil the plane of which is rotatable on a diameter of the coil. |
 | | The disc 50 could of course be of magnetic permeable material conventionally used for tuning radio frequency coils in which case as the plane of the disc is moved to be perpendicular to the axis of the coil, the inductance of the coil increases. |
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