Patent ID: 8581797
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A method for adapting a portable whip antenna for use in a wire antenna system, comprising: connecting a portable whip antenna to an RF port of a radio transceiver; connecting one end of an elongated length of a first flexible conductor to a ground post on said radio transceiver; forming a parallel wire transmission line, with said first flexible conductor and said portable whip antenna as parallel wire transmission line elements, by extending said first flexible conductor parallel to and spaced apart from an elongated monopole radiating element of said whip antenna; physically securing said first flexible conductor at a location adjacent to an end portion of said portable whip antenna distal from said radio transceiver by positioning said first flexible conductor within an capture space defined by a link member, and then capturing said first flexible conductor in said capture space by transitioning a movable support element of said link member, from a first position to a second position; extending said first flexible conductor from said location in a first direction transverse to a length of said elongated monopole radiating element to form a first dipole element; and forming a second dipole radiating element by electrically connecting an elongated length of a second flexible conductor to said end portion and extending said second flexible conductor in a second direction transverse to said elongated monopole radiating element.