Patent ID: 8378903
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-based ultra high frequency satellite communication (UHF SATCOM) communication system, comprising: a vehicle having a fuselage with a surface that is non-electrically conductive; a UHF SATCOM dipole antenna apparatus mounted to the non-conductive vehicle fuselage with no ground plane coupled therebetween, the antenna apparatus comprising: a UHF SATCOM communication apparatus mounted to or contained within the vehicle, the UHF SATCOM communication system being coupled to the UHF SATCOM dipole antenna apparatus by the single UHF SATCOM feed, the UHF SATCOM dipole antenna apparatus providing simultaneous high angle and low angle UHF SATCOM communication capability to the UHF SATCOM communication system through the single UHF SATCOM feed.