Preface

Abstract

This special issue is devoted to the 14th International Conference on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications MIKON-2002, which was held on May 20-22, 2002, in Gdansk, the charming old capital of Pomerania, well known around the world for its major historical landmarks. This volume contains 13 papers presented by the finalists of the Young Scientists Contest, which is traditionally organised during the conference. In the course of MIKON’s over 30-years long history, the last conference was already the fifth truly international meeting. MIKON assembles the whole Polish microwave and radiolocation community as well as numerous representatives of our immediate neighbours (especially from the East and South), MIKON is also privileged to host the leaders of other foreign research centres collaborating with Poland and the Polish origin, now working and living abroad. In 1994, thanks to the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society support. MIKON received the status of an international conference (permanently marked in the world conferences calendar). Since then it has been organized biannually in May and it was hosted by various Polish cities – biggest research and culture centres. (...)