Kulikov antenna
The Kulikow antenna is a radio antenna for military use. Their specialty is not their electrical, but their mechanical properties.
The approximately 1.5 m long rod antenna consists of short diabolo- or cylinder-shaped duralumin segments arranged one above the other, which are threaded onto a wire rope like a pearl necklace. They can be fixed by tightening the wire rope with a tensioning device. The antenna base is attached at the bottom with a bayonet connector for attachment to a device or a bracket.
When not in use, the wire is relaxed and the antenna can be folded into a handy ring. When used in a stretched state, the antenna is a very elastic and robust structure that can also be used in the event of falls and violent rubbing against B. does not break trees, as a 2 mm thick wire rope inside ensures cohesion. After twisting it, the antenna will stand up again automatically. The clamping device consists of a snap-in knee lever, a clamping screw for tightening and a spring. To adapt to different frequency ranges, the standard version can be extended with aluminum tubes, which are inserted between the radio / bracket and the lower end of the antenna.
The antenna was usually used with mobile land radio stations (military mobile land radio service ) of the Warsaw Pact for VHF troop radio and HF radio ( ground wave ) with low transmission power. In this case, this primarily refers to portable military radios, but also, albeit less often, to radios in military vehicles. The name of the antenna goes back to its inventor Sergei Alexejewitsch Kulikow.
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literature
- SA Kulikov: Антенна "гибкий штырь". In: Radio, 1968, No. 10, pages 28-29.