Fourier transform method in cylindrical antenna theory

A technique is developed in this paper which greatly reduces the numerical labor involved in the Fourier Transform solution for cylindrical antennas of exbitrary length. This method is then applied to solid antennas with two commonly used excitation geometries. It is also applied to the case of an antenna in a homogeneous conducting media. In all cases it is shown that the numerical results compare very well with the available experimental results.