Radiating elements having single or parallel printed circuit board-based feed stalks and base station antennas having such radiating elements

A dual polarized radiating element comprising:

• a single feed stalk printed circuit board that has a first primary surface and a second primary surface that is opposed to the first primary surface, the first primary surface comprising first and second ground lines that are parallel over at least a major portion of a length of the printed circuit board, the second primary surface having third and fourth ground lines that are parallel over at least a major portion of the length of the single feed stalk printed circuit board, wherein one of the ground lines of the first and second ground lines angles laterally at a forward end portion of the single feed stalk;
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• a dipole radiator printed circuit board comprising a first dipole radiator having a first dipole arm and a second dipole arm and a second dipole radiator having a third dipole arm and a fourth dipole arm,
• wherein the dipole radiator printed circuit board is mounted on the feed stalk printed circuit board with a forward end of the single feed stalk printed circuit board that is at least partly forward of the dipole radiator printed circuit board, wherein the forward end of the feed stalk printed circuit board provides first, second, third and fourth closely spaced apart ground connections that are electrically coupled to respective first, second, third and fourth ground lines to electrically couple the first, second, third and fourth ground lines to the dipole radiator printed circuit board, wherein a first pair of ground connections of the first, second, third and fourth ground connections are on the first primary surface and a second pair of ground connections of the first, second, third and fourth ground connections are on the second primary surface and face the first pair of ground connections.