Abstract: An improved antenna radiating element for a Super-turnstile antenna is provided. The radiating element includes an intermediate conductive rod having an upper terminating rod connected thereto proximal to an upper end thereof and a lower terminating rod connected thereto proximal to a lower end thereof. The terminating rods extend a distance of approximately 0.1 substantially perpendicular to and out from the conductive rod. Each terminating rod further includes a tail section that extends inwardly and substantially parallel to the intermediate conductive rod a distance of approximately 0.25.

Abstract: A stacked array antenna system is presented having one or more antenna(s) as part of the supporting structure. This allows more than a single omni-directional antenna to be used with a minimum amount of azimuth pattern degradation. At least one antenna is actually part of the structure. By placing the antenna(s) in the structure, the antenna structure becomes a structural platform for one or more other antenna(s).