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This was successfully done for comms during Desert Storm, the vertical antennas were basically useless due to all the static, they laid them down horizontal using the vehicle as a reflector/ground plane and NVIS props allowed reliable comms to other field ops.

Read that on the military.com site article was interesting.

There is no benefit with NVIS antennas as far as direction finding is concerned, they can be DF'ed like any other antenna.

Mole', I think you might mention CCD antennas to your friend. They aren't all that directional, but can certainly be "ground mounted" if assembled correctly.
- 'Doc

Which is why I said, help avoid.

NVIS energy is received from very sharp angles, which makes location finding very difficult, It is also more immune to local ground wave jamming. NVIS, a known and proven part of military communications.

This is one reason we used NVIS, plus it's easier to shoot and scoot.

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Wake up DOC no one said anything about direction finding using an NVIS antenna.

Just saw your post about the NVIS antenna that lays on the ground. Very interesting. Do you have anymore info about it or if it is avaiable?

Greg

wavrider,
See post #8. And I didn't say anything about using them for DF'ing either.
- 'Doc

I could find out what they did with it.

waverider,

Read post #11 and you'll see why the military likes NVIS.

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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

~General George Patton, Jr.