High gain backfire antenna array

Claim 1

AN ANTENNA ARRAY PROVIDING HIGH DIRECTIVITY VALUES OVER EXTREMELY BROAD BANDS OF OPERATING FREQUENCIES COMPRISING: A TWO-WIRE FEEDER LINE; A PLURALITY OF DIPOLES BEING ARRANGED TRANSVERSE TO SAID FEEDER LINE AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF; EACH OF SAID DIPOLES BEING COMPRISED OF FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENTS SPACED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FEEDER LINE; ADJACENT ELEMENTS OF SAID DIPOLES BEING CONNECTED TO ALTERNATE SIDES OF SAID FEEDER LINE; A PLURALITY OF IMPEDANCE-TRANSFORMING NETWORKS EACH CONNECTING AN ASSOCIATED DIPOLE ELEMENT TO SAID FEEDER LINE TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM ENERGY TRANSFER BETWEEN SAID FEEDER LINE AND SAID ELEMENTS; SAID NETWORKS COMPRISING TRANSFORMER MEANS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY MATCHING THE INPEDANCE OF EACH ELEMENT TO THE IMPEDANCE OF SAID FEEDER LINE; SAID TRANSFORMER MEANS BEING A SECTION OF TRANSMISSAID LINE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FEEDER LINE; THE LENGTH OF EACH TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSFORMER MEANS BEING APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER OF THE LENGTH OF THE DIPOLE ARM TO WHICH IT IS CONNECTED; THE ACCUMULATED LENGTH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENT OF ANY ONE DIPOLE PLUS THE LENGTH OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSFORMER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENTS BEING OF THE ORDER OF ONE AND ONE-QUARTER WAVELENGTH AT A FREQUENCY WITHIN THE OPERATING BAND OF THE ANTENNA ARRAY.