Abstract: Provided is an antenna system for operating in clear line of sight and obscured line of sight conditions. The antenna system includes multiple antenna elements arranged to provide both space and angle diversity characteristics. The elements are spaced apart so as to provide independence but may have overlapping radiation patterns. Each element includes a main radiation lobe and the elements are arranged so that the main radiation lobes are oriented at diverse angles.

Abstract: Provided is an antenna system for operating in clear line of sight and obscured line of sight conditions. The antenna system includes multiple antenna elements arranged to provide both space and angle diversity characteristics. The elements are spaced apart so as to provide independence but may have overlapping radiation patterns. Each element includes a main radiation lobe and the elements are arranged so that the main radiation lobes are oriented at diverse angles.

Abstract: A continuous wave, phase measurement system which provides at least an order of magnitude improvement in accuracy over modulated carrier systems is disclosed for the determination of the thicknesses of layered targets consisting of a known number of dielectric layers, each of a known maximum thickness. This system uses related frequencies such as the fundamental and its harmonics to establish a multi-harmonic coherence relationship whereby a homodyne phase reference between harmonics can be conserved and information extracted from just the received and not the transmitted signals. Consequently doppler effects due to motion between the target and the apparatus, as well as severe local oscillator stability and drift limitations are avoided, and thus this system can measure remote target parameters by interferometric techniques without the distance being a constraint.