TRANSATLANTIC RADIO TELEPHONY 



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quite evidently combines the narrowing of the directional diagram 

 due to the lateral array and the reduction of the back end area of the 



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Fig. 13 — Wave-antenna array directional characteristic. Relative directional recep- 

 tivity of lateral array of two Houlton antennas. (Short) 



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Fig. 14— Wave-antenna array directional characteristic. Relative directional recep- 

 tivity of modified longitudinal array of two Houlton antennas. (Short) 



directional diagram caused by the longitudinal array. A map of this 

 array is shown in Fig. 12. 



The circuits for combining four antennas of an array of the type 



