Low profile television antenna for vehicles

An external low profile antenna for closely abutting the roof of a recreational vehicle when in a lowered position, said antenna comprising:

• opposing outwardly extending antenna elements, each of said antenna elements terminating in a tip;
• housing means for encapsulating at least a portion of said opposing antenna elements, said housing means including:
• (a) an upper housing section;
• (b) a lower housing section;
• and
• (c) means on said upper housing section and on said lower housing section for resiliently engaging said sections to securely fasten said upper housing section and said lower housing section together wherein said housing means further includes a substantially elliptically contoured shape having a maximum profile height of about 2.25 inches, wherein said means on said upper housing section for resiliently engaging said engaging means of said lower housing section includes a front surface on said upper housing section having slots formed therein and a rear surface on said upper housing section having tabs formed thereon;
• and
• said means on said lower housing section for resiliently engaging said engaging means of said upper housing section includes a front surface on said lower housing section having tabs formed thereon for engaging said slots of said upper housing section and a rear surface on said lower housing section having slots formed therein for engaging said tabs on said housing section;
• the ratio of the distance from the top of said housing means in said lowered position to said roof to the distance from the bottom of said housing means to said roof forming a top ratio greater than 9, the ratio of the distance from the tip of said element to said roof to the distance from the bottom of said housing means to said roof in said lowered position forming a bottom ratio greater than 2 so as to provide said low profile antenna in close abutment to said roof.