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US 4,476,576 AGranted
VLF Communication system
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsMyron S. Wheeler, Glenn R. Beach
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Abstract
A VLF communication system which utilizes the electrically conducting portions of an electromechanical cable connected to a deployed aerostat and acting as its tether so as to additionally serve as the VLF antenna.
Claims7
A VLF communication system comprising:
- (A) a VLF transmitter;
- (B) an aerostat;
- (C) winch means;
- (D) an electromechanical cable connected between said winch means and said aerostat, when deployed;
- (E) said electromechanical cable including a plurality of electrically conducting members;
- (F) a slip ring arrangement including a plurality of slip rings in electrical contact with a respective one of said electrically conducting members;
- (G) a transformer having primary and secondary windings with said secondary being in electrical contact with said slip rings;
- (H) means for supplying said primary of said transformer with electrical energy;
- (I) means connecting said transmitter to said slip rings so as to be in electrical contact with said electrically conducting members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.