broadband antenna
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broadband antenna
[′brȯd‚band an′ten·ə] (electromagnetism)
An antenna that functions satisfactorily over a wide range of frequencies, such as for all 12 very-high-frequency television channels.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Broadband Antenna
an antenna whose main parameters and characteristics do not vary substantially over a rather wide frequency band. Broadband antennas are used to transmit, receive, or transmit and receive radio signals with a wide frequency spectrum, for example, in television, radar, or radio astronomy.
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broadband antenna
A radio antenna that transmits and receives a broad range of frequencies.
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