AM-FM-CB Disguised antenna system
US4141016A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 1977 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03H7/38
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle-mounted antenna simultaneously coupled via a passive electrical network to a 40-channel Citizens band transceiver and to an AM-FM receiver is disclosed. A non-loaded whip antenna, sized to be electrically short at Citizens band frequencies, is cowl-mounted in a conventional manner to present the dimensions and generaly appearance of a standard broadcast band car radio antenna. The passive electrical coupling network includes a broadband compensated, quarter-wave transmission line transformer for impedance matching the electrically short antenna to the Citizens band transceiver, and associated L-C circuits for selectively blocking, bypassing and separating AM and FM band signals relative to each other and to Citizens band signals. The disclosed antenna with its associated network provides excellent AM-FM radio receiver reception while presenting to the Citizens band transceiver a voltage standing wave ratio of 1.5:1 or better.
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