Transmitting stacked aerial

Claim 2

A transmitting stacked aerial comprising: a current-conducting cylindrical support; several tiers of radiators mounted on said support and radially oriented with respect to the surface thereof; each said tier comprising a preset number of said radiators arranged equidistantly within at least some portion of the periphery of the cross-section of said support; said radiators of each said tier offset in azimuth relative to the respective radiators of the adjacent tier by a preset angle; said angle of turn of the adjacent tiers being equal to psi /4, where psi is an angle between adjacent radiators in the same tier, the turn being effected from tier to tier inone direction; said angle psi between adjacent radiators in the same tier being less than an angle Beta ((2 lambda o/D) . 57.3)*, where D is the diameter of said support, and lambda o is the mid-band wavelength: radio frequency lines of an equal length electrically interconnecting said radiators of each tier to one point of connection, which provides for energizing the radiators in each tier with cophasal currents; 9 a power source of said radiators electrically connected to said points of connection so that the currEnts energizing the radiators of adjacent tiers are displaced in phase by 90*, said displacement in phase being effected from tier to tier in one direction.

Claim 3

A transmitting stacked aerial comprising: a current-conducting cylindrical support; an even number of main tiers of radiators mounted upon said support and radially oriented with respect to the surface thereof; each said tier comprising a preset number of said radiators arranged equidistantly within at least some portion of the periphery of the cross-section of said support; said radiators of each said tier being offset in azimuth relative to the respective radiators of the adjacent tier by a preset angle; said angle of turn between adjacent tiers equal to psi /4, where psi is an angle between adjacent radiators in the same tier, the turn from tier to tier being effected in one direction; said angle psi between adjacent radiators in the same tier being less than an angle Beta ((2 lambda o/D) . 57.3)*, where D is the diameter of said support, and lambda o is the mid-band wavelength; one additional tier of additional radiators designed to eliminate troughs in the radiation pattern in the vertical plane, arranged in the middle of the radiating portion of the aerial symmetrically with regard to the first and last main tiers; additional radiators arranged equidistantly along the periphery of the cross-section of said support and radially oriented relative to its surface, an angle Sigma between adjacent additional radiators being less than an angle gamma (( lambda o/2D) . 57.3)* first radio frequency lines of an equal length electrically interconnecting said radiators of each main tier to one point of connection, which makes for energizing the radiators in each main tier with cophasal currents; second radio frequency lines of an equal length electrically interconnecting the additional radiators, which are offset in azimuth relative to one another by an angle of 4 Sigma , to one point of connection, which ensures energizing these radiators with cophasal currents; a power source of said main radiators and additional radiators electrically connected with said points of connection of the main tiers so that the currents energizing the main radiators in adjacent tiers are displaced in phase by 90*, said phase displacement being effected in consecutive order from tier to tier in one direction; said power source electrically connected to said points of connection of the additional tier so that the currents energizing adjacent additional radiators are displaced in phase by 90*, said phase displacement being effected in consecutive order from radiator to radiator so that the direction of that phase displacement from radiator to radiator of the additional tier in the direction of the selected turn of adjacent main tiers coincides with that of the phase displacement of the main radiators of the main tiers from tier to tier following the turn thereof.

Claim 4

A transmitting stacked aerial comprising: a current-conducting cylindrical support; an even number of main tiers of radiators mounted upon said support and radially oriented with respect to the surface thereof; each said tier comprising a preset number of said radiators arranged equidistantly within at least some portion of the periphery of the cross-section of said support; said radiators of each said tier being offset in azimuth relative to the respective radiators of the adjacent tier by a preset angle; said angle of turn between adjacent tiers equal to psi /4, where psi is an angle between adjacent radiators in the same tier, the turn from tier to tier being effected in one direction; said angle psi between adjacent radiators in the same tier being less than an angle Beta ((2 lambda o/D) . 57.3)*, where D is the diameter of said support, and lambda o is the mid-band wavelength; one additional tier of additional radiators designed to eliminate troughs in the radiation pattern in the vertical plane, arranged in the middle of the radiating portion of the aerial symmetrically with regard to the first and last main tiers; additional radiators arranged equidistantly along the periphery of the cross-section of said support and radially oriented relative to its surface, an angle Sigma between adjacent additional radiators being less than an angle gamma (( lambda o/2D) . 57.3)* first radio frequency lines of an equal length electrically interconnecting said radiators of each main tier to one point of connection, which makes for energizing the radiators in each main tier with cophasal currents; second radio frequency lines of an equal length electrically interconnecting the additional radiators, which are offset in azimuth relative to one another by an angle of 4 Sigma , to one point of connection, which ensures energizing these radiators with cophasal currents; a power source of said main radiators and additional radiators electrically connected with said points of connection of the main tiers so that the currents energizing the main radiators in adjacent tiers are displaced in phase by 90*, said phase displacement being effected in consecutive order from tier to tier in one direction; said power source electrically connected to said points of connection of the additional tier so that the currents energizing adjacent additional radiators are displaced in phase by 90*, said phase displacement being effected in consecutive order from radiator to radiator so that the direction of that phase displacement from radiator to radiator of the additional tier in the direction of the selected turn of adjacent main tiers coincides with that of the phase displacement of the main radiators of the main tiers from tier to tier following the turn thereof.

Claim 5

A transmitting stacked aerial, as claimed in claim 1, wherein a preset portion of the periphery of the cross-section of the support is determined by the entire perimeter of that cross-section of the support and is equal to 360*.

Claim 6

A transmitting stacked aerial, as claimed in claim 2, wherein a preset portion of the periphery of the cross-section of the support is determined by the entire perimeter of that cross-section of the support and is equal to 360*, said angle Sigma between adjacent additional radiators being four times less than said angle psi .

Claim 7

A transmitting stacked aerial, as claimed in claim 1, wherein arranged in immediate proximity to said radiators in each said tier are passive dipoles whose number is equal to that of the radiators and which are mounted upon said support and are radially oriented with regard to the surface thereof.

Claim 8

A transmiTting stacked aerial, as claimed in claim 2, wherein arranged in immediate proximity to the main radiators in each main tier are passive dipoles whose number is equal to that of the radiators and which are mounted upon said support and are radially oriented with regard to the surface thereof.

Claim 9

A transmitting stacked aerial, as claimed in claim 3, wherein arranged in immediate proximity to said radiators in each said tier are passive dipoles whose number is equal to that of the radiators and which are mounted upon said support and are radially oriented with regard to the surface thereof.

Claim 10

A transmitting stacked aerial, as claimed in claim 4, wherein arranged in immediate proximity to the main radiators in each train tier are passive dipoles whose number is equal to that of the radiators and which are mounted upon said support and are radially oriented with regard to the surface thereof.