Patent ID: 8350769

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a transmitter designed to transmit radio frequency signals; an antenna tuning unit operatively coupled to said transmitter, designed to tune said apparatus to a desired frequency; a plurality of mast wires operatively coupled to said antenna tuning unit, designed to receive and output radio frequency signals; and a configurable tophat assembly operatively coupled to said plurality of mast wires, comprising: a tophat disc comprising a conductive material, operatively coupled to said plurality of mast wires; a plurality of tophat wires comprising a conductor material, operatively coupled to said tophat disc, designed to be configured to different lengths to change the operational properties of said configurable tophat assembly; and a plurality of tophat jumpers operatively coupled to said plurality of tophat wires, designed to help configure said plurality of tophat wires to different lengths by providing electrical open and electrical short states.