Expanding axial ratio bandwidth for very low elevations

A method for extending axial ratio bandwidth low elevations for an antenna, the method comprising:

• driving a first group of monopole antenna elements to respond to elliptically polarized electromagnetic waves;
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• driving a second group of monopole antenna elements to respond to elliptically polarized electromagnetic waves, wherein the first group of antenna elements and the second group of antenna elements are mirror symmetric with one another about a plane.

A system for receiving signals from GNSS satellites, the system comprising:

• an antenna having a first group of antenna elements and a second group of antenna elements, wherein elements in the first group of antenna elements are reflectively symmetrical about a plane with corresponding elements in the second group of antenna elements;
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• a global navigation satellite system receiver configured to drive the antenna and process received signals from global navigation satellite system satellites, wherein the global navigation satellite system receiver operates elements in the first group of antenna elements with a first phase delay and the second group of antenna elements with a second, different phase delay and drives the first group of antenna elements and the second group of antenna elements at different power levels.