A simple illustration compares a capacitor to a dipole antenna. For those of you with ... helping us visualize one of the most basic concepts of radio. Now that you’re got a basic understanding ...

Schwarzbeck Mess-Elektronik, CC BY-SA 3.0. The most basic of antenna designs will be familiar to many readers as the dipole, two conductors each a quarter wavelength long arranged in a straight ...

NASA 3D prints antennas - controlling electromagnetic and mechanical properties - for space-to-Earth communication using a Fortify printer.

NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth. The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather balloon, could open ...