Patent ID: 7138959

Claim:
A method for improving the isolation of a wide coverage antenna mounted on a structure, the structure having a body, said body defining a first end wall perpendicular to a body axis and a peripheral wall surrounding said body axis, said first end wall defining a first external wall surface, said peripheral wall defining a peripheral external wall surface, said antenna having a generally elongated antenna body mounted on and extending from an antenna base along an antenna pointing axis, said antenna base pivotally mounting on the peripheral wall about a mounting axis parallel to and spaced apart from the structure body axis, said antenna being oriented in a direction pointing generally outwardly from said first wall surface with said antenna axis being generally parallel to and spaced apart from said mounting axis and the structure body axis, said method comprising the step of: positioning said antenna in a spaced apart relationship relative to said peripheral external wall surface in a direction pointing generally outwardly therefrom and away from the structure body axis, and positioning said antenna base in a spaced apart relationship relative to said first wall surface in a direction pointing generally inwardly therefrom such that said antenna is at least partially electrically isolated by said structure body while being substantially hidden from said first wall surface.