Patent ID: 8055209

Claim:
A multi-band portable radio antenna comprising; a. an antenna superstructure including: i. an antenna superstructure support base including a housing having a front transversely disposed end plate, a longitudinally disposed body depending rearwardly from said front end plate, and a rear transversely disposed end plate, i.i. a tubular antenna mast protruding forward from said front end plate of said support base, i.i.i. at least a first radiating element assembly which protrudes radially outwards from said mast, iv. a first radio wave conducting guide connected at a distal end thereof to said first radiating element assembly, said first guide being disposed rearwardly from said first radiating element assembly, and v. an antenna matching network mounted to said support base, said antenna matching network having a first, zero-degree-phase output port electrically connected to a proximal end of said first guide, said antenna matching network having an input port electrically conductively coupled to an antenna base connector, and b. a diplexer mounted to a housing which extends longitudinally rearwards from said antenna superstructure base, said diplexer including; i. a first, multi-band antenna interface port electrically conductively connected to a common high-potential diplexer terminal of first and second band-pass wave filters, said multi-band interface port being connected to a diplexer output connector, said diplexer output connector being electrically conductively connected to said antenna base connector, i.i. a first, low-frequency band-pass electrical wave filter having an output terminal connected to said common high-potential diplexer terminal and having an input terminal electrically conductively connected to a first, low-frequency band transceiver connector, and i.i.i. a second, high-frequency band-pass electrical wave filter having an output terminal connected to said common high-potential diplexer terminal and having an input terminal electrically conductively connected to a second, high-frequency transceiver connector.