Candidate Locations for SPS Rectifying Antennas 1977

Cover	1
Title Page	3
Acknowledgments	4
Table of Contents	5
List of Illustrations	6
Figure 1. Artist's concept of rectenna site	24
Figure 2. Regions of the U.S.	25
Figure 3. Correlation between percent of U.S. population in a region and percent of total electric power used in that region.	26
Figure 4. Rectenna locations in the state of Maine.	27
Figure 5. Rectenna locations in the state of New Hampshire.	28
Figure 6. Rectenna location in the state of Vermont.	29
Figure 7. Rectenna locations in the state of New York.	30
Figure 8. Rectenna locations in the state of Pennsylvania.	31
Figure 9. Rectenna locations in the state of Wisconsin.	32
Figure 10. Rectenna locations in the state of Michigan.	33
Figure 11. Rectenna locations in the state of North Dakota.	34
Figure 12. Rectenna locations in the state of South Dakota.	35
Figure 13. Rectenna locations in the state of Minnesota.	36
Figure 14. Rectenna locations in the state of Nebraska.	37
Figure 15. Rectenna location in the state of Iowa.	38
Figure 16. Rectenna locations in the state of Kansas.	39
Figure 17. Rectenna locations in the state of Missouri.	40
Figure 18. Rectenna location in the state of West Virginia.	41
Figure 19. Rectenna locations in the state of Virginia.	42
Figure 20. Rectenna locations in the state of North Carolina®	43
Figure 21. Rectenna locations in the state of South Carolina.	44
Figure 22. Rectenna locations in the state of Georgia.	45
Figure 23. Rectenna locations in the state of Florida.	46
Figure 24. Rectenna locations in the state of Tennessee.	47
Figure 25. Rectenna location in the state of Alabama.	48
Figure 26. Rectenna locations in the state of Mississippi.	49
Figure 27. Rectenna locations in the state of Oklahoma.	50
Figure 28. Rectenna locations in the state of Arkansas.	51
Figure 29. Rectenna locations in the state of Texas.	52
Figure 30. Rectenna locations in the state of Louisiana.	53
Figure 31. Rectenna locations in the state of Montana.	54
Figure 32. Rectenna locations in the state of Idaho.	55
Figure 33. Rectenna locations in the state of Wyoming.	56
Figure 34. Rectenna locations in the state of Nevada.	57
Figure 35. Rectenna locations in the state of Utah.	58
Figure 36. Rectenna locations in the state of Colorado.	59
Figure 37. Rectenna locations in the state of Arizona.	60
Figure 38. Rectenna locations in the state of New Mexico.	61
Figure 39. Rectenna locations in the state of Washington.	62
Figure 40. Rectenna locations in the state of Oregon.	63
Figure 41. Rectenna locations in the state of California.	64
Figure 42. Rectenna distribution through the nine regions of the country.	65
Figure 43. Rectenna locations overlayed on principal electric facilities in the Northeastern U.S.	66
Figure 44. Rectenna locations overlayed on principal electric facilities in the Eastern North Central U.S.	67
Figure 45. Rectenna locations overlayed on principal electric facilities in the Western North Central U.S.	68
Figure 46. Rectenna locations overlayed on principal electric facilities in the Pacific Northwestern U.S.	69
Figure 47. Rectenna locations overlayed on principal electric facilities in the Southwestern U.S.	70
Figure 48. Rectenna locations overlayed on principal electric facilities in the South Central U.S.	71
Figure 49. Rectenna locations overlayed on principal electric facilities in the Southeastern U.S.	72
Figure 50. Rectenna locations in the state of Massachusetts.	73
Figure 51. Rectenna locations in the state of New Jersey.	74
Figure 52. Rectenna location in the state of Delaware.	75
Figure 53. Rectenna location in the state of Maryland.	76
List of Tables	9
TABLE 1. The Number Of Land And Sea Rectenna Sites and the Percentage Of The National Population, Electrical Use And Land Area In Each Region Of The Country	18
TABLE A-1. Alphabetical Listing Of States Describing Land Rectenna Locations In Each State	80
TABLE A-2. Elevations Characteristics Key	87
TABLE A-3. Land Usage Key	88
TABLE A-4. Locations Of Rectennas In The Pacific	89
TABLE A-5. Locations Of Rectennas In The North Atlantic	90
TABLE A-6. Locations Of Rectennas in The South Atlantic	91
TABLE A-7. Locations Of Rectennas In The Gulf Of Mexico	92
I. Introduction	11
II. Land Surveys	12
A. Selection Criteria	12
B. Comments on Each Region	13
C. Summary of Results	17
III. Sea Surveys	19
A. Selection Criteria	19
B. Comments on Each Quadrant	19
C. Summary of Results	21
IV. Conclusions	21
V. Work Remaining	22
References	77
Appendix	79

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