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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jimmy C Ray, Denison, TX (US);
Dan McKenna, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Aircell, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455431 ; 455436 ; 455562 ;
Abstract
A slotted wave-guide antenna is attached low on a cellular phone tower. Horizontally polarize radiation in a toroidal pattern from the wave-guide antenna is used to communicate with aircraft. The wave-guide antenna radiation pattern is about 6.degree. thick. An antenna on top of the tower transmits vertically polarized radiation to communicate with automobiles and pedestrians.