Characterization of an Implicitly Resistively-Loaded Monopole Antenna in Lossy Liquid Media

Figure 7

Vertical beam pattern for the 3.4 cm length monopole antenna at 1596 MHz in a 90% glycerin: water bath. A 15-point 2nd order polynomial was used to estimate the beam center location and is also shown along with the points 3 dB below the peak value.