Abstract: A broadband antenna system of small dimensions and composed of at least one antenna having an associated design operating frequency, and a plurality of reflectors operatively associated with the antenna and disposed at respectively different distances therefrom, each reflector being spaced from the antenna and having a reflection characteristic to be optimally matched with the antenna for operation at a respective partial frequency band, each reflector being associated with a different partial band such that the total operating frequency range of the system is divided into a plurality of partial bands equal in number to the number of reflectors and covering the design operating frequency range and a further frequency range below the lower limit of the design range, whereby the antenna characteristics are improved, and in particular the operative bandwidth of the system is increased in the low frequency direction.

Abstract: An antenna arrangement composed of at least two individual antennas of the same type and each having a pair of signal applying terminals, and a processing circuit connected to the terminals of the antennas for establishing a selected relation between the voltages across the terminals or between voltages derived from these voltages, wherein, for giving the arrangement a desired radiation polarization characteristic, the individual antennas and the circuit are arranged for causing the total radiation pattern of the arrangement to have mirror symmetry with respect to a selected plane.