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Wiring Harnesses Reflectarray Antennas New Products
Retrofitting Existing Illumination and Spillover
C4ISR Components Efficiency Calculations for
with Modular Wiring Rectangular Reflectarray
Harnesses Antennas
By Robert Grzib By Michal Zebrowski
Including Cicoil, Custom
MMIC, Florida RF Labs,
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Vol. 11 No. 12, December 2012 Thinking Digitally?
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