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Abstract

A problem of electromagnetic wave radiation by narrow slots cut in an end wall of a semi-infinite waveguide section into space above a perfectly conducting sphere is solved in a strict self-consistent formulation by the generalized method of induced magnetomotive forces (MMF). Inside the waveguide section, a reentrant cavity formed by the volume between a slotted diaphragm and the waveguide end wall is located. The waveguide is operating in the frequency range of a single-mode regime. The electrodynamic characteristics of this radiating system with the spherical screen of resonant dimensions are investigated numerically and ex-perimentally. The possibility to develop the spherical antennas with a narrow-band frequency, energy, and spatial characteristics is substantiated.

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Dr. Sergey L. Berdnik

Dr. Victor A. Katrich

Dr. Victor I. Kijko

Dr. Mikhail Nesterenko

Dr. Yuriy M. Penkin