Log periodic antenna with parasitic elements interspersed in log periodic manner

Claim 1

A LOG PERIODIC ANTENNA HAVING AN AXIS AND AN END FIRE PATTERN EXTENDING IN A GIVEN DIRECTION COMPRISING AN ANTENNA FEED COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONDUCTORS, A PLURALITY OF RADIATING ELEMENTS DIRECTLY ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CONDUCTORS AND EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO SAID AXIS WITH THE ENDS THEREOF REMOTE FROM SAID CONNECTION ALIGNED IN A STRAIGHT LINE WHICH CONVERGES TOWARD THE AXIS, ALL OF SAID RADIATING ELEMENTS WHICH ARE ON ONE SIDE OF THE AXIS BEING CONNECTED TO THE SAME ONE OF SAID CONDUCTORS, AND A PLURALITY OF PARASITIC ELEMENTS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PARASITIC ELEMENTS BEING LOCATED BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF ADJACENT RADIATING ELEMENTS, THE AXIAL SPACING OF SUCCESSIVE ONES OF ALL OF SAID RADIATING AND PARASITIC ELEMENTS INCREASING IN THE DIRECTION FROM THE POINT OF CONVERGENCE TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE ANTENNA ACCORDING TO THE RELATIONSHIP