Common aperture UHF/horizontally polarized low-and mid-band VHF antenna
AssigneeGeneral Signal Corporation (DE Corp)
InventorsAndre Skalina, John Schadler
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Abstract
A common aperture UHF/horizontally polarized low- and mid-band VHF antenna is disclosed that includes a coaxial antenna that has an inner conductor, an outer conductor, a batwing assembly mounted to the outer conductor of the coaxial antenna, and a feed line for feeding the batwing assembly separate from the coaxial antenna. The disclosed slotted coaxial antenna accomplishes simultaneous UHF and VHF broadcast.
Claims20
An antenna for simultaneous UHF and VHF broadcast, comprising:
- a coaxial antenna having an inner conductor and an outer conductor;
- a batwing radiator assembly mounted to the outer conductor of the coaxial antenna;
- and
- a feed line for feeding the batwing radiator assembly separately from the coaxial antenna.
An antenna for simultaneous UHF and VHF broadcast, comprising:
- means for transmitting a UHF signal;
- means mounted to the UHF antenna means for transmitting a VHF signal;
- and
- feed means for feeding the UHF signal transmitting means separate from the VHF for signal transmitting means.
A method of constructing a UHF and VHF broadcast antenna, comprising:
- forming a coaxial antenna having an inner and an outer conductor;
- mounting a batwing radiator assembly to the outer conductor of the coaxial antenna;
- and
- connecting a feed line to the batwing radiator assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.