Patent ID: 7084835

Claim:
A compact antenna assembly, comprising: (a) a lower member and an upper member wherein said lower member includes a mast, wherein said mast is an elongated configuration terminating at an upper end and a lower end, said mast located at the center of said upper member, wherein said upper member includes an emitter, said emitter includes a perimeter, a top end, and a bottom end, and said upper end of said mast is electrically connected to said perimeter near said top end; (b) a collector, including a centrally disposed opening, disposed in a horizontal plane and orthogonally in space with respect to said mast, wherein said collector is electrically insulated from said emitter and said mast; and (c) wherein said lower end of said mast is centered at said centrally disposed opening of said collector and extends perpendicularly to said plane of said collector.