A.V. Ashihmin – Dr.Sc.(Eng.), Professor, Director of Voronezh branch of JSC «IRKOS»; 

Main Engineer, JSC «IRKOS» (Moscow)

Yu.G. Pasternak – Dr.Sc.(Eng.), Professor, Department of Radio Electronic Systems and Devices, 

Voronezh State Technical University

P.V. Pershin – Post-graduate Student, Leading Engineer, JSC «IRKOS» (Moscow)

K.A. Razinkin – Dr.Sc.(Eng.), Professor, Department of Information Security Systems, Voronezh State Technical University E-mail: kostyr@mail.ru

E.A. Rogozin – Dr.Sc.(Eng.), Professor, Department of Radio Equipment Engineering and Manufacturing,  Voronezh State Technical University

Yu.A. Rembovsky – Ph.D.(Phys.-Math.), Leading Research Scientist, JSC «IRKOS» (Moscow)

S.M. Fedorov – Ph.D.(Eng.), Department of Radio Electronic Systems and Devices, Voronezh State Technical University

For the direction finding of radio emission sources with arbitrary polarization, it is proposed to use an antenna system consisted of dual Vivaldi antennas with lenses located in their openings designed to improve polarization selectivity of direction finder.

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