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Waveguide (radio frequency)

technology Maturity 9-11

A waveguide is a metal pipe.

Waveguide.svg
Waveguide.svg
It carries radio waves. The waves bounce inside the pipe. This helps them move. They travel to antennas. We use them for radar.
Radar antenna feed waveguide.png
Radar antenna feed waveguide.png
Can you see the pipe?

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Waveguide collection.jpg
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Diplexer1.jpg
File:George Southworth with Waveguide (1939) (crop).jpg
George Southworth with Waveguide (1939) (crop).jpg
File:Southworth demonstrating waveguide.jpg
Southworth demonstrating waveguide.jpg
File:Waveguide.svg
Waveguide.svg
File:WaveguideJ-Band.png
WaveguideJ-Band.png
File:Radar antenna feed waveguide.png
Radar antenna feed waveguide.png
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