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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban hotel with restaurant and indoor pool
Situated in the business district, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Ukranian American Cultural Center, Morris Corporate Center, and Parsippany Main Library. Whippany Railway Museum and Anchor Golf Center are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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A restaurant, an indoor pool, and an outdoor pool are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a health club, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are onsite.
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, Sheraton Parsippany Hotel provides a health club and a spa tub. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 4-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and a meeting room. This business-friendly hotel also offers a sauna, spa services, and multilingual staff. Complimentary self parking is available on site. A total renovation of this property was completed in May 2012.
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Indoor pool
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Spa tub
- Spa services on site
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Health club
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Business center
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-in
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 370
- ATM/banking
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Picnic area
- Fireplace in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 6
- Wedding services
- Computer station
- Free WiFi
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Concierge services
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Year Built 1987
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
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- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD 9.95 per night )
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Video-game console
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Room service (limited hours)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- In-room massage available
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- WiFi (surcharge)
- In-room safe
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Sheraton Parsippany Hotel has a restaurant serving breakfast only.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, an outdoor pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Basketball on site
- Racquetball/squash on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Spa Services
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Reflexology
- Sports massage
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets stay free
- Up to 40 lb
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Pets allowed (no fees)
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 23.50 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.95 per night (rates may vary)
- Pet deposit: USD 200 per stay
Hotel Name
- Parsippany Sheraton
- Sheraton Hotel Parsippany
- Sheraton Parsippany
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Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Our Thriving Thespians: A Mid-Year Spotlight on Best Actor and Actress
It doesnt take a lot for an actor to make me laugh. Or cry. Or get irrationally angry. Honestly, Im pretty easy when it comes to emotions. But the mark of an effective actor is one who can make those emotions last long after the drama has finished. When I can think back on the delivery of a punchline and still crack a smile. When I can tear up remembering a particularly well-acted death scene. Or when I genuinely despise an actor because I forget that they only played the villainthey arent actually a villain in real life.
While the years mid-point was shaky on the K-dramas (some were mind blowingly great while others treaded on WTF territory), theres one thing that will always be a constant: enjoyable characters and epic acting. These past few months, K-drama land introduced us to a North Korean assassin who falls in love with a spoiled prince, a troublesome flower boy band coming of age, a Joseon prince lost centuries in time, and plenty more. And while all of these characters, and the actors who played them, left lasting impressions on me, only one actor and actress made impressions that will last for a very, very long time.
The Seoulbeats mid-year poll for best actor and actress got a bit dramafied, with our commenters vehemently explaining why they chose the people they voted for and disagreeing with other peoples choices just as vehemently. But thats what makes actors of Korean dramas so amazing: they can evoke different emotions and levels of enjoyment from different viewers. For me, the best actor and actress up until the mid-year werent even on our Seoulbeats poll, but were part of the highest-rated K-drama of the year, The Moon That Embraces the Sun. In fact, they were arguably the best thing about that drama and in their absence, left a huge hole in the show. You guessed it, ladies and gentlemen. My choices for best actor and actress are Yeo Jin-goo and Kim Yoo-jung, who played the child counterparts to Kim Soo-hyun and Han Ga-in.
To say these two actors were impressive is an understatement. During their brief time on screen, they brought with them poignancy and emotion expected from actors far more experienced than them. In just six episodes, they (along with the rest of the younger cast), proved themselves to be the heart of the drama and possessed more chemistry together then their characters adult versions.
Kim Yoo-jung and Yeo Jin-goo play 13 year-old Yeon-woo and 15 year-old Lee Hwon, who fall in love as youngsters but whose love is ill-fated. And in over-dramatic sageuk fashion, theyre torn apart quite literally by death. Its hard not to label young teens infatuation with one another as mere puppy love. Because at that age, what do we really know about true love? Butand I feel really, really awkward saying thisKim Yoo-jung and Yeo Jin-goos chemistry is quite powerful. This is perhaps because the pair worked together in the past and have a close rapport. It felt as if their love and chemistry was much more believable than Kim Soo-hyun and Han Ga-ins.
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P erhaps the most palpable aspect of this duo is their ability to understand the depth of their characters. From line delivery, mannerisms, right down to subtle eye expressions, they managed to blow me away. For example, Kim Yoo-jung plays her own heartbreaking death scene devastatingly, while keeping in tact the silent wisdom of her character Yeon-woo. The man who plays her father sobs at the inevitability of his daughters death, but Yoo-jungs softly spoken lines are what steal the moment.
Yeo Jin-goos portrayal of a young man whos just learned the girl he loves has died gets me in the gut every time (believe me, Ive watched it about a dozen times with not a dry eye). He manages to go from struck with disbelief, to hysterical as he shouts, I have something left to say to her! to totally, heartbreakingly broken.
Whats impressive about these performances is not that they were done. But that they were done without the life experiences normally necessary to carry out such emotional portrayals. Most actors thrive off of life experiences which they incorporate into their art. Heartbreak, loss, utter joy, and fury all comes with life experiences. Its what makes a break-up scene, a death scene, and expression of betrayal that much more believable. I dont know the young actors, but I assume that they havent gathered as much life experience as older veteran actors. So to see Kim Yoo-jung and Yeo Jin-goo deliver performances beyond their life experience and frame of reference is simply a joy to watch. In fact, its almost as if their lack of intense life experiences makes them more able to genuinely portray emotions. While the stiff and wooden Han Ga-in looks as if shes trying to conjure up past emotions with her soulless eyes, the child actors feelings came from a more genuine place.
Speaking of Han Ga-in, Ill try to refrain from talking about how terrible she is in the role of adult Yeon-woo. I wont talk about how much she bored me to tears and made me wonder why she thought opening her eyes really wide means youre happy, sad, scared, and tired. Instead, Ill emphasize that while the younger actors stole the drama in six episodes, it doesnt take away from Kim Soo-hyuns performance, which was also utterly brilliant. We all know the man can act, but he also was able to do something that the other older actors found trouble with, which was relating their characters back to their younger counterparts. Kim Soo-hyun was one of a very small number of actors who resembled their younger versions in terms of mannerisms and delivery. His largest fault was that he was paired with Han Ga-in. Seriously, I still lament her casting in this drama.
Its quite pleasing that the young cast of The Moon That Embraces the Sun received the massive pop-culture praise they were deserving of. In terms of popularity, theyre no Jaejoong, Gong Yoo, or Ha Ji-won, but having watched both Yeo Jin-goo and Kim Yoo-jung in roles when they were even younger, I have high hopes that these two will be a force to reckon with in the future.


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U.S. patent Ser. No. 08/356,803 filed Jul. 19, 1999 by the inventor hereof and assigned to the assignee hereof is incorporated herein by reference.
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
(1) Field of the Invention
This invention generally relates to antennas and more specifically to quadrifilar antennas.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
Numerous communication networks utilize omnidirectional antenna systems to establish communications between various stations in the network. In some networks one or more stations may be mobile while others may be fixed land-based or satellite stations. Antenna systems that are omnidirectional in a horizontal plane are preferred in such applications because alternative highly directional antenna systems become difficult to apply, particularly at a mobile station that may communicate with both fixed land-based and satellite stations. In such applications it is desirable to provide a horizontally omnidirectional antenna system that is compact yet characterized by a wide bandwidth and a good front-to-back ratio in elevation with either horizontal or vertical polarization.
Some prior art omnidirectional antenna systems use an end fed quadrifilar helix antenna for satellite communication and a co-mounted dipole antenna for land based communications. However, each antenna has a limited bandwidth. Collectively their performance can be dependent upon antenna position relative to a ground plane. The dipole antenna has no front-to-back ratio and thus its performance can be severely degraded by heavy reflections when the antenna is mounted on a ship, particularly over low elevation angles. These co-mounted antennas also have spatial requirements that can limit their use in confined areas aboard ships or similar mobile stations.
The following patents disclose helical antennas that exhibit some, but not all, the previously described desirable characteristics:
U.S. Pat. No. 5,485,170 (1996) to McCarrick discloses a mobile satellite communications system (SMAT) mast antenna with reduced frequency scanning for mobile use in accessing stationary geosynchronous and/or geostable satellites. The antenna includes a multi-turn quadrifilar helix antenna that is fed in phase rotation at its base and is provided with a pitch and/or diameter adjustment for the helix elements, causing beam scanning in the elevation plane while remaining relatively omni-directional in azimuth. The antenna diameter and helical pitch are optimized to reduce the frequency scanning effect, and a technique is disclosed for aiming the antenna to compensate for any remaining frequency scanning effect.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,701,130 (1997) to Thill et al. discloses a self phased antenna element with a dielectric. The antenna element has two pairs of arms in a crossed relationship to transceive a signal at a resonant frequency. A dielectric is disposed adjacent an arm to obtain a self phased relationship in the arms at the resonant frequency. The arms can form crossed loops or twisted crossed loops such as a quadrifilar helix antenna element. A dielectric collar on arms of the same loop causes currents to be equally spaced from one another. The antenna size is reduced and a cross section of the antenna element appears circular without degradation of a gain pattern when the dielectric is used on a certain arm.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,721,557 (1998) Wheeler et al. disclose a nonsquinting end-fed quadrifilar helix antenna. Each conductor of the antenna is fed with a successively delayed phase representation of the input signal to optimize transmission characteristics. Each of the conductors is separated into a number, Z, of discrete conductor portions by Z−1 capacitive discontinuities. The addition of the capacitive discontinuities results in the formation of an antenna array. The end result of the antenna array is a quadrifilar helix antenna which is nonsquinting, that is, the antenna radiates in a given direction independently of frequency.
There exists a family of quadrifilar helixes that are broadband impedance wise above a certain "cut-in" frequency, and thus are useful for wideband satellite communications including Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) UHF functions in the range of 240 to 320 MHz and for other satellite communications functions in the range of 320 to 410 MHz). Typically these antennas have (1) a pitch angle of the elements on the helix cylindrical surface from 50 down to roughly 20 degrees, (2) elements that are at least roughly � wavelengths long, and (3) a "cut-in" frequency roughly corresponding to a frequency at which a wavelength is twice the length of one turn of the antenna element. This dependence changes with pitch angle. Above the "cut-in" frequency, the helix has an approximately flat VSWR around 2:1 or less (about the Z0 value of the antenna). Thus the antenna is broadband impedance-wise above the cut-in frequency. The previous three dimensions translate into a helix diameter of 0.1 to 0.2 wavelengths at the cut-in frequency.
For pitch angles of approximately 30� to 50�, such antennas provide good cardioid shaped patterns for satellite communications. Good circular polarization exists down to the horizon since the antenna is greater than 1.5 wavelengths long (2 elements constitute one array of the dual array, quadrifilar antenna) and is at least one turn. At the cut-in frequency, lower angled helixes have sharper patterns. As frequency increases, patterns start to flatten overhead and spread out near the horizon and small nulls start to form overhead. For a given satellite band to be covered, a tradeoff can be chosen on how sharp the pattern is allowed to be at the bottom of the band and how much it can be spread out by the time the top of the band is reached. This tradeoff is made by choosing where the band should start relative to the cut-in frequency and the pitch angle.
For optimum front-to-back ratio performance, the bottom of the band should start at the cut-in frequency. This is because, for a given element thickness, backside radiation increases with frequency (the front-to-back ratio decreases with frequency). This decrease of front-to-back ratio with frequency limits the antenna immunity to multipath nulling effects.
Other factors that influence the front-to-back ratio include the method of feeding the antenna, the physical size of antenna elements, the dielectric loading of the antenna elements and the termination of the antenna elements. Looking first at antenna feeding, the front-to-back ratio improves when an antenna is fed in a "backfire mode" such that the antenna feed point is at the top of a vertically oriented antenna, as opposed to a "forward fire mode" when the feed point is at the bottom of the antenna.
Thinner elements increase the front-to-back ratio. However, as the elements become thinner, the input impedance to the antenna increases and introduces a requirement for impedance matching. Alternatively, lower impedances can be obtained by constructing an antenna with a partial overlap of the antenna elements to increase capacitance. However, a loss of impedance bandwidth starts to occur since the capacitance is a non-radiating capacitance; that is, no radiation can occur from the overlapped areas of the antenna.
Increasing the dielectric loading of the helix elements decreases the front-to-back ratio. Wide flat elements found in many helix antennas have a pronounced loading if one side of each antenna element touches a dielectric, as in the case where the dielectric is a support cylinder for the antenna. If the gap between adjacent elements is small, the field is strongly concentrated in the gap and any dielectric in the gap will load the antenna strongly. Quadrifilar helix antennas can terminate with open or shorted ends remote from the feed point. It has been found that antennas with open ends have a slightly higher front-to-back ratio than do antennas with shorted ends.
My above-identified pending U.S. patent Ser. No. 08/356,803 discloses an antenna having four constant-width antenna elements wrapped about the periphery of a cylindrical support. This construction provides a broadband antenna with a bandwidth of 240 to at least 400 MHz and with an input impedance in a normal range, e.g., 100 ohms. This antenna also exhibits a good front-to-back ratio in both open-ended and shorted configurations. In this antenna, each antenna element has a width corresponding to about 95% of the available width for that element. However, it was found that this antenna could require a tradeoff between the pattern shapes in the transmit and receive bands. It became necessary to allow patterns at lower receive frequencies to become sharper overhead than desired. At higher transmit frequencies, it became necessary to accept overhead patterns that were flatter overhead than desired. At even higher frequencies, nulls were observed in the patterns because the element lengths were becoming long enough electrically for multilobing to begin.
Therefore it is an object of this invention to provide a broadband unidirectional hemispherical coverage radio frequency antenna.
Another object of this invention is to provide a broadband unidirectional hemispherical coverage antenna with good front-to-back ratio over a range of frequencies.
Yet still another object of this invention is to provide a broadband unidirectional hemispherical coverage antenna that operates with a circular polarization and that exhibits a good front-to-back ratio.
Yet still another object of this invention is to provide a broadband unidirectional hemispherical coverage antenna that provides an essentially constant radiation pattern over a range of frequencies.
In accordance with this invention the above objects are achieved by an antenna that extends along an antenna axis between a feed end and an other end and that carries a plurality of pairs of diametrically opposed antenna elements wrapped helically about the support. Each antenna element has a length determined by a cut-in frequency. A capacitive network spans the antenna elements in each pair at corresponding predetermined positions from the other end for shorting the pairs of antenna elements at a characteristic frequency greater than the cut-in frequency.
In accordance with another aspect of this invention, a quadrifilar helix antenna operates over a frequency bandwidth defined by a minimum operating frequency and extends along an antenna axis between first and second ends of the antenna. Four equiangularly spaced helical antenna elements extend along the support between the first and second end, each antenna element has a length of at least � wavelength at the minimum antenna operating frequency and has a substantially constant thickness and width along its length. Each diametrically opposed set of elements constitutes an element pair whereby the antenna has first and second pairs of antenna elements. A plurality of sets of capacitive elements connect between the antenna elements in each pair, each set being connected at a different position along the antenna axis and each capacitive element in a set connected to said respective antenna element pair at the same position along the antenna axis.
The appended claims particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter of this invention. The various objects, advantages and novel features of this invention will be more fully apparent from a reading of the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like parts, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a quadrifilar helix antenna constructed in accordance with this invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view one of a pair of antenna elements in an unwrapped state for the antenna shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic of an embodiment of this invention that produces an alternative to the antenna in FIG. 1;
FIGS. 4 and 5 are Smith charts for depicting calculated antenna impedances; and
FIGS. 6A through 6L depict calculated gain comparisons of antenna performance for an antenna constructed in accordance with this invention and a standard antenna.
In FIG. 1, a quadrifilar helix antenna 10, constructed in accordance with this invention extends along a longitudinal axis 11. Four antenna elements 12, 13, 14 and 15 wrap helically about this longitudinal axis 11 and extend from a feed or first end portion 16 to an unfed or second end portion 17. The antenna element 12 and identical antenna elements 13, 14 and 15 are wrapped as spaced helices about the axis 11. FIG. 1 depicts the antenna elements 12 through 15 as being wrapped on a form for facilitating an understanding of the antenna construction. This form could be eliminated with the antenna elements being self-supporting.
Still referring to FIG. 1, an rf source 18 and a phase control 19 drive the antenna 10 at a plurality of feedpoints 20 proximate the axis 11 at the first end 16. A series of radially extending conductive paths 20A, 20B, 20C and 20D couple the central feed points 20 to each of the helically wrapped elements 12 through 15, respectively. The signals applied to these feedpoints are in phase quadrature. In one form, an RF signal from the rf source 18 is applied to a 90� power splitter with a dump port terminated in a characteristic impedance, Z0. The two outputs of the 90� power splitter connect to the inputs of two 180� degree power splitters thereby to provide the quadrature phase relationship among the signals on adjacent ones of the antenna elements 12 through 15. It is known that swapping the output cables of the 90� power splitter will cause the antenna to transfer between backfire and forward radiation modes.
An antenna constructed in accordance with this invention achieves pattern stability by making the antenna elements in FIG. 1 become electrically shorter with increasing frequency without altering the physical length of any of the antenna elements 12 through 15. Specifically, successive sections of the helix are shorted electrically progressively from the unfed end as frequency increases from the cut-in frequency by means of a capacitive shorting network. Obviously, a limit occurs when the helix is so short as to no longer operate as a helix.
FIG. 2 depicts a pair of diametrically opposed antenna elements, specifically antenna elements 12 and 14 from FIG. 1. For clarity, the antenna elements 12 and 14 are shown in an unwound state. FIG. 2 depicts a number of capacitive elements connected between the antenna elements 12 and 14 so that n−1 capacitive elements C1 . . . Cn−1 divide the antenna elements 12 and 14 into n segments. The pair of antenna elements 13 and 15 include similar capacitive elements and the positions of corresponding capacitive elements in each pair will be the same.
Still referring to FIG. 2, the capacitive elements are evenly distributed along the length of the element pair until reaching the radial feed sections 20A and 20C for the antenna elements 12 and 14. The capacitors decrease in value from the unfed end 17 to the feed end 16; that is:
With this relationship among the capacitive elements, the individual capacitors at the unfed end 17 start to short out the helix at low frequencies. As frequency increases, the capacitive elements closer to the feed point 20 start to short out the helix, thus effectively shortening the helix with frequency in a progressive fashion.
More specifically, following the principles for the frequency independent behavior with a log periodic dipole, the taper in capacitance values can be selected to vary logarithmically, so that the capacitance of a given capacitor Ci is a constant multiple of the capacitance of the preceding capacitor toward the unfed side 17, Ci−1. That is, in equation form:
where i is the capacitor number for 2≦i≦n−1 and τ is a constant.
In practice it has been found that it is easier to construct the antenna if each of the capacitive elements shown in FIG. 2 are formed by a pair of capacitors in series. FIG. 3 depicts the capacitive element that would replace the C1 capacitor in FIG. 2 as including two capacitors, C1A and C1B in which:
This facilitates the connection of two pairs of corresponding capacitive elements to the two pairs of opposed antenna elements at the same relative positions along the length of the antenna. In addition it has been found that the range of capacitance values were specified by extreme values for the C1 and Cn−1 capacitors, and not by τ. Rather τ was determined by the capacitance values. The extreme case occurs if the capacitor C1 shorts the helix at the lowest frequency of operation, since the next few capacitors in sequence would be close to shorting out the element resulting in a partial shorting of the antenna elements even at the lowest operating frequency. Obviously, the shorting effect should only occur at higher frequencies.
At the frequencies involved with such antennas, the wires connecting the capacitors to the antenna elements and to each other have a finite series inductance that must be compensated. This compensation can be achieved by canceling the impedance with some or all of the impedance for the capacitors connected to the wires.
For example, if a connecting wire has an effective physical length of 9″ and a radius of 0.2388″, the wire will have an inductance of 1.633*10−7 Henries. At an operating frequency of 200 MHz, the required capacitance for canceling the wire impedance is 3.88 pF. Given the foregoing considerations, the value of C1 must be less than 3.88 pF.
It has been found that the use of spaced capacitive shunts applied to a portion of the antenna can stabilize the pattern over a greater bandwidth that can be achieved without the capacitive shunts. As a specific example, capacitive shunts would improve an antenna having the following characteristics:
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FIGS. 4 and 5 are calculated Smith charts that depict the variation of input impedance for the foregoing antenna without any shunting capacitive elements in FIG. 4 and with the addition of such shunting capacitive elements in FIG. 5 using a range of capacitors from C2=0.05 pF to C10=0.025 pF that covered about one-third of the antenna starting proximate the unfed end 17. Each Smith chart is based upon the same characteristics impedance of Z0=200 ohms and shows that the impedance does not vary significantly when these capacitive shunts are added to the antenna, although FIG. 5 shows some loss of bandwidth especially at the higher frequencies.
Each of FIGS. 6A through 6L depict the patterns produced by the antenna with and without shunting capacitive elements. In each, the solid line 41 depicts the pattern for a conventional antenna; the dashed line 42, the pattern for the antenna modified in accordance with this invention. Each of FIGS. 6A through 6L is marked with the frequency for the patterns.
There is little difference in performance up to 330 MHz, as shown in FIGS. 6A through 6E. That is, the patterns are essentially the same and stable with respect to different frequencies. As seen in FIG. 6F, the conventional antenna begins to generate multiple lobes at 43 as the pattern 41 begins to flatten and energy dissipating horizontally begins to increase. The lobes 43 become progressively more pronounced as the frequency increases as can be seen in FIGS. 6G through 6L. That is, they are most pronounced in FIG. 6L. There is little indication of multiple lobes in patterns 42.
Below 340 MHz patterns 42 exhibit some flattening with frequency with respect to the corresponding patterns 41. However, FIGS. 6F through 6L show that this difference ceases to exist above 340 MHz. The patterns 41 in FIGS. 6K and 6L at 390 MHz and 400 MHz show the formation of nulls at 44. No such nulls appear in patterns 42 at these frequencies.
Comparing at the patterns in FIGS. 6A through 6L, it will be apparent that the shunting capacitors have stabilized the patterns 42 over those patterns 41 produced with a corresponding antenna without shunting capacitive elements. Moreover, these results are based upon an analysis of an antenna with a 40� pitch angle. Many quadrifilar helix antennas are constructed with greater pitch angles. At such greater angles, the null effect shown in FIGS. 6K and 6L will be more pronounced and would become evident at lower frequencies. Thus, such antennas would benefit to even a greater degree from the capacitive shunting of this invention. Although there is some loss of impedance matching at higher frequencies and some loss in the front-to-back ratios, the use of shunting capacitive elements will improve antenna performance where pattern stability is a major consideration.
Thus, in accordance with this invention a quadrifilar helix antenna is provided with a capacitive shunting network that electrically reduces the length of antenna elements as operating frequency increases. As a result, the energy radiates from the antenna with a pattern that is stable over a wide range of operating frequencies without the need of physical rearrangement of the antenna elements. While this antenna has been depicted in terms of a specific capacitive shunting arrangement, including spacings and relative capacitance values, it will be apparent that a number of different variations could also be included other than the structures shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Consequently, it is the intent of the appended claims to cover all such variations and modifications as come under the true spirit and scope of this invention.
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Is Paris the beginning of the end for coal? Coal burning is declining fast in both of the world's two largest carbon dioxide emitters, China and the the United States, with resulting declines in the emissions of both countries. The fuel looks incompatible with a world that warms by no more than two degrees Celsius, bringing calls for its rapid phaseout as the world is "decarbonized."
But, with or without a deal here in Paris later this week, will the calls be heeded? Has the demise of King Coal been greatly exaggerated?
In the U.S., "coal has gone from boom to bust," says Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club. The black stuff's share of electricity generation has sunk from 53 percent to 35 percent in just five
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There are many reasons for this. Among them are citizens' campaigns about pollution and asthma, tougher government regulation, and the rise of fracked natural gas, which has lower emissions. But with almost half the country's existing coal plants up for retirement, the coal market is collapsing, and with it the share prices of mining giants like Peabody and Arch Coal.
As coal plants closed in the U.S., those mining companies initially planned to export to China, which in recent years has been burning almost half the world's coal. But that strategy has failed. In 2015, China's coal imports crashed by a third as coal plants there were shut.
The Chinese coal crash could prove to be a temporary response to economic slowdown and fears about
severe air pollution.
The Cleveland-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis says China had more than 100 gigawatts of coal-fired power plants standing idle during the year. What has been switched off could be switched back on again.
But China's pollution concerns are unlikely to go away, its economy is shifting away from heavy industry, its renewable energy sector is growing rapidly, and the government has imposed a cap on burning coal. This all suggests a long-term trend.
"Coal is not king any more in China, " Fuqiang Yang of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Beijing office said here this week. "It will have a minor role in the future." Coal is currently responsible for 80 percent of the country's electricity generation. But he calculates that will fall to 30 percent by 2040, and 18 percent by 2050.
Then there is India. It plans a staggering 110 gigawatts of new coal-burning power plants in the next seven years. But India is also investing heavily in renewables, Navroz Dubash, a fellow at the Center for Policy Research in New Delhi, told a meeting here. And he believes renewables will eventually win the day.
One reason is again air pollution. By some measures Delhi has worse smog than Beijing. There is also growing opposition to new coal mines in India. If the country's plans for 100 gigawatts of solar energy by 2020 work out well, then the sun is likely to be the future energy source of choice.
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an information center set up by The Sierra Club, says that around the world plans for two coal plants are shelved or canceled for every one plant that gets built.
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In much of the world, coal still benefits from public subsidies and low interest rates in capital markets. But, in the long run, says Brune, "Coal is a risky and expensive investment for any nation."
The Paris conference should help that perception and keep coal in the ground. Coal is not formally on the agenda. No negotiators are urging text in the final agreement to purge it from the energy system. But that aspiration is implicit in calls for a long-term goal to "decarbonize" the global economy. As the most carbon-intensive of the fossil fuels, coal would have to go first.
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Hobley reckons that some $220 billion in coal-mining assets are already "stranded," with no prospect of paying back their investment cost if the world is serious about the two-degree ceiling.
Exactly how serious the world is about that remains to be seen. If a deal is done here in Paris on Friday, and if countries go home and turn their emissions promises into energy policies, then coal is dead and buried. If not, then King Coal may continue to reign — over a climate-ravaged world.
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So, on Thursday the markets sold off because of bad data out of the eurozone. Is this really so surprising? No. While the acuteness of the eurocrisis has waned, much of the region is mired into a 1930s style deflationary trap that could ultimately produce every bit of a big crisis as the bondmarket crashes that have been prevented by the "whatever it takes" stance of the ECB.
It's fairly important investors understand exactly what's going on. At heart, this isn't terribly complex. The move to a single currency is largely responsible for the crisis, as well as for the inadequate (to put it mildly) response. Here a quick primer:
- The creation of the euro led to an economic boom and capital inflows in much of the periphery
- This led to an erosion of competitiveness
- Capital flows reverse
- Catch-22
- Internal devaluation
- Deflationary bias
- Denominator effect
- ECB constraints
Peripheral boom
Before the euro, cycles of relatively high inflation and devaluations induced little trust in the monetary affairs of much of the eurozone periphery. The euro was supposed to amend for this by taking monetary policy out of their hands, and put it in the hands of a common central bank, the ECB, whose credibility was supposed to derive from its Teutonic design.
This trick actually worked, indeed, one could say, it worked all too well. Even in the run-up towards monetary union, you could see interest rates and bond yields converging, the result of declining risk premiums for peripheral assets
The increased confidence, low interest rates produced good economic growth. Relieved of the exchange rate risk, serious amounts of capital (mostly in the form of bank loans) started to flow from the center to the periphery, reinforcing the boom.
In some places, like Spain and Ireland, this led to housing bubbles, in others (Greece, Portugal), the cyclical improvement of the public finances led to carelessness with these.
Economic boom and capital inflows together stoked inflationary pressures. Over time, the accumulation of these led to a serious erosion of competitiveness. This loss of competitiveness could no longer be offset by the occasional devaluation.
While a current account is less of a constraint under a single currency regime, a sustained loss of competitiveness is still a bad economic shock to a country, especially when there aren't many policy options to remedy the situation.
Capital flows reverse
While the financial crisis was largely an external shock, it wreaked havoc in the financial markets and the capital flows from the core to the periphery came to a halt, then reversed. Mostly a result of bank credit drying up, but the revelations about Greek public finances, the implosions in the Irish and Spanish housing markets, and subsequent banking crisis added greatly to the reverse.
Boom turned into bust, capital ran for the exit, and just as the creation of the euro was responsible for the creation of the peripheral boom in the first place, it's also responsible for its persistence.
This particular bust in the peripheral countries has left them with a nasty catch-22 situation:
- Revive growth with reflationary policies but worsen the competitiveness problems
- Improve competitiveness with deflationary policies, but worsen growth
To a large extent, being in the single currency system forced the choice upon these countries, as they could no longer reflate through monetary means or exchange rate setting, two policy instruments that have been forfeited by joining the euro.
Reflation through fiscal means was difficult for particular reasons (Greece's doctoring of their public books) but also ran into the constraints of the euro in the form of the stability and growth pact (now the fiscal compact) limiting deficits to 3% of GDP and public debts to 60% of GDP, forcing these countries into a deflationary austerity run.
Internal devaluation
The peripheral countries 'solved' their catch-22 by being forced into deflationary policies, largely by the constraints of the euro system itself. Is this an optimal policy choice? Even if one doesn't agree with our analysis here, we think that the record of the past five years speaks for itself:
- Most of the periphery has been mired in recession for most of the period
- Whilst current accounts have improved considerably, this is mostly the result of a drop in imports, itself the product of the economic slump
- Perhaps most damaging, whilst there has been some improvement in public finances, public debt ratios have kept on rising.
Once again, we think that the euro system itself is largely responsible for this sorry state of affairs.
Deflationary bias
In the present make-up, the eurozone functions very much like the gold standard did in the 1930s, that is, there is a heavy deflationary bias operating. Countries cannot devalue or embark on monetary stimulus:
- Adjustment (through deflationary policies) is the exclusive domain of the periphery, there is no offsetting reflationary effort from the core countries.
- In fact, most of the core countries have also embarked on deflationary policies, producing no offsetting demand for the loss of domestic demand in the periphery (rather, reinforcing that loss and activating the paradox of saving). Nor is the eurozone core producing a higher inflation rate, which would make it easier for the periphery to recoup some of the lost competitiveness, making this process extraordinarily hard and tortuous, or forcing the periphery into outright deflation.
The outcome of this is that most of the periphery is trapped in a deflationary spiral. They can't devalue. They can't embark on monetary stimulus, they are forced to embark on deflationary policies to recoup lost competitiveness and improve public finances.
If you were wondering why they have been mired into an extraordinary long slump, wonder no more, this is why. But this isn't even all.
Denominator effect
The result of the deflationary bias is very low or negative growth and very low or negative inflation. This absence of any meaningful nominal growth actually produces a 'denominator effect,' in which, by lack of increase in the denominator, the public debt/GDP ratio keeps on rising.
This is why, despite years of heroic austerity efforts in countries like Spain, Greece, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, debt/GDP ratios have simply kept on rising, even if deficit has been narrowing.
So the two supposed advantages of the deflationary policies, recouping lost competitiveness and improving public finances have been made extraordinarily hard and slow. Any setback, like even a mild US recession, could well throw this process off its already extremely slow track.
ECB constraints
The only institution who could produce some reflation is the ECB. Instead, it has been mired into dangerous inaction, even if it has staved off an immediate collapse of the euro by finally promising to do "whatever it takes," that is, do as every other central bank and function as lender of last resort for sovereign debt.
This ECB action (after years of recriminations and hesitations) has prevented an imminent collapse and produced declining bond yields in the periphery without which their public finances would be on an even less sustainable path.
However, the ECB has, at least so far, refused to embark on policies that have helped recoveries in the US, the UK, and Japan, that is, it has refused to embark on quantitative easing (QE). We expect this resistance to melt away pretty soon, considering the economic circumstances.
The results
Speaking of these economic circumstances, much of the eurozone is mired in stagnation. Many know of the lengthy slumps in the periphery, the high unemployment and the staggering youth unemployment rates. However, it's less well known that this is not necessarily the reserve of the periphery:
The country's Observatoire Economique said the outlook was even more troubling than it looked. "France has seen a complete stagnation for the last 10 years, an unprecedented situation since the end of the Second World War," it said. The body said fiscal cuts of 5pc of GDP from 2010 to 2013 had been premature and self-defeating. [The Telegraph]
Bruno de Haas, a former official at the Dutch central bank and author of Why The Euro Will Break Us, said membership of EMU had a disastrous effect on the country's credit structure and was now blocking recovery. "The sooner the Netherlands returns to the guilder, the better," he said. Dutch property prices have fallen by 20pc, leaving a quarter of mortgages in negative equity. As the slump drags on, it makes it even harder for Dutch households to cope with loans near 250pc of disposable income. [The Telegraph]
The zone is plagued by the self-reinforcing effects of collective austerity, tight credit and a strong euro. This isn't a pretty picture:
In summary, why the euro is dysfunctional
- It forces a one-size-fits nobody monetary conditions that were too loose in the pre-crisis years, producing booms and asset bubbles and higher inflation in the periphery.
- It leaves countries without measures to address an asymmetrical shock (like a loss of competitiveness versus other member countries).
- It thereby forces a deflationary bias on the system as a whole, which has a tendency of being self-reinforcing.
We already mentioned that this is very much like the gold standard worked in the 1930s, and you have to realize that the sooner countries left the gold standard, the quicker they recovered.
We have little doubt that if countries like Greece or Portugal would have left the euro five years ago and devalued, they would have recovered by now. Argentina recovered within a year after the 2001 crisis when it forfeited on debt and its parity with the dollar.
Unfortunately, leaving the euro is fraught with legal and practical problems and risk, a different proposition than leaving a gold standard or a currency peg.
The risks
While the present situation can continue for a considerable amount of time, it is not without significant risk, the most important of which are:
- Public finances reaching a point of no return
- Banks going bust
- The public getting fed up, leading to political turmoil.
The slow grinding combination of virtually zero growth and zero inflation has a destructive denominator effect on public debt/GDP ratios, look what's happening to Italy's:
In case you think Italy is unique...
Greece's 2012 'interruption' of the steeply upward trend is simply the result of investors taking big haircuts in a debt restructuring.
If a country can't grow its way out of debt, it can't inflate the debt away, it can't devalue away its lost competitiveness, it's between a rock and a hard place. Do you fully get the rally in peripheral bonds? It only makes sense when it's 100% certain that the ECB will, sooner rather than later, embark on massive bond buying.
Then there are the banks. The latest scare came from Portugal, but do we really think eurozone banks are all sound, with low growth, and big portfolios of sovereign debt. The latter still points to a potential vicious cycle in which banks and public finances tear one another down.
For political observers it's a bit of a mystery why the unprecedented slump hasn't led to a greater political fallout. We know now that governments were toppled in Italy and Greece, by rather non-democratic means. To assume that this relative quiet will last forever is assuming quite a lot.
Disclosure: The author has no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. The author wrote this article themselves, and it expresses their own opinions. The author is not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). The author has no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Being to two Target last week. Selection of costume was pathetic for older girls age 9 and 10. It's either princesses for little girls, super hero for boys, or monster high for bigger girls.
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Bought a Spider-Man and batman costume for our twin nieces! Paid 12 dollars for both!!!
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Ours still had a TON – hoping the Doc McStuffins one goes on mega clearance:)
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selling my Mr reversible varsity with free Mr oxford shirt. Both in medium
Originally posted by Inactive UserHere is the collar on one of my shirts. Its blown out as you can see and compare to the rest of my shirts.
The shirt is still brand new and i never even wore it yet because of that collar.
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What is Mr. doing for black friday?
There'll be an in-store sale.
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will you guys be restocking on Mr. Paisley?
snakeskin collection looks so dope!
There'll be an in-store sale.
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How big will the discount be? I am definitely stopping by the store
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How big will the discount be? I am definitely stopping by the store
I'm not too sure. Tom didn't mention it to me. He just said there was an in-store sale only, unfortunately no Cyber Monday.
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So I ordered a Mr. Hook and the key ring is thin, silver, and cheap feeling; not at all the brass key ring pictured on the website. Kinda disappointed cause it kills the look of an otherwise cool item. Not sure what I can do?
$32.00 to ship to Canada... for a tee... damn.
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usually buy online, but i definitely want to try the varsity on before i buy one
which places in store stock the mister varsities?
does infinite SF still have them? anywhere else?
will there be a restock on the black python tee at all?
Originally posted by Inactive UserWill you guys restock on the black wool varsity? I need a size S !!
Anywhere I can find the oversized striped Mr. hoodie from the 2011 varsity lookbook? Also I heard that there is a Mr. x Freedminds collab coming out soon, is this true? For the varsity what size would you recommend for a 6'3 170 lber?
Originally posted by Inactive Userno blk/blk paisley or snakeskin in L
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Paisley will see a restock, but soonest is a month. I think the snakeskin should restock within 2 weeks.
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