Interkosmos-1 Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA)

Sven Grahn

These pictures have been taken at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm, Sweden
 

Grandchild in front of Interkosmos-1 mock-up. The solar panels have been folded down to ease access to the mock-up. To show the flight configuration they should have been horizontal.

One view of the antenna on the back of a folded-up solar panel. Feed coax comes from below.

Another view of a PIFA where the feed coax can be seen through the mesh reaching the feed-point.

Detail of how coax reaches feed-point.

Stress-relief arrangement for feed coax cable


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