Dual-band omnidirectional antenna

1. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna which comprises:

a vertically stacked antenna array comprising, in order in the stack, a first dual-band dipole which resonates at a first frequency band and a second frequency band, a first single-band dipole which resonates only at the first frequency band, a second single-band dipole which resonates only at the first frequency band, and a second dual-band dipole, which resonates at the first frequency band and the second frequency band;

the first frequency band being of a higher frequency that the second frequency band; a feed point for a transmission line located between the first single-band dipole and the second single-band dipole; and

said single-band dipoles having DC shorts; the first single-band dipole and the second single-band dipole are non-symmetrical from the feed point whereby the phase contributions of the first dual-band dipole and the first single-band dipole are different from the phase contributions of the second single-band dipole and the second dual-band dipole.

2. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 1 , in which the feed point is off-centered between the first single-band dipole and the second single-band dipole.

3. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 1 , in which the first dual-band dipole and the first single-band dipole combination having an impedance and phase shift that is different from the second single-band dipole and the second dual-band dipole combination.

4. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 1 , in which the antenna array includes a printed circuit board having a substrate carrying the dipoles, said substrate having a top conductive surface and a bottom conductive surface, said DC shorts comprising connection points passing through the substrate and making contact between the top conductive surface and the bottom conductive surface.

5. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 4 , in which the antenna array is housed within a radome having a cap and a base.

6. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 5 , in which the radome has a top cap and is supported by a base; and including a coaxial feed extending upward from the base.

7. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 1 , in which the dual-band dipoles are series fed and as a combination with the single-band dipoles are corporate fed.

8. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna which comprises:

a vertically stacked antenna array comprising, in order in the stack, a first dual-band dipole which resonates at a first frequency band and a second frequency band, a first single-band dipole which resonates only at the first frequency band, a second single-band dipole which resonates only at the first frequency band, and a second dual-band dipole which resonates at the first frequency band and the second frequency band;

the first frequency band being of a higher frequency than the second frequency band;

a feed point for a transmission line between the first single-band dipole and the second single-band dipole;

said dual-band dipole being series fed and as a combination with a single-band dipole being corporate fed;

the single-band dipoles having DC shorts; the first single-band dipole and the second single-band dipole are non-symmetrical from the feed point whereby the phase contributions of the first dual-band dipole and the first single-band dipole are different from the phase contributions of the second single-band dipole and the second dual-band dipole.

9. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 8 , in which the feed point is off-centered between the first single band dipole and the second single-band dipole and in which the first dual-band dipole and the first single-band dipole combination having an impedance and phase shifts that is different from the second single-band dipole and the second dual-band dipole combination.

10. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 8 , the antenna array including a printed circuit board carrying the dipoles, and in which the antenna array is housed within a radome having a cap and a base.

11. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 10 in which the radome has a top cap and is supported by a base; and including a coaxial feed extending upward from the base.

12. A dual-band omnidirectional antenna as defined by claim 8 , in which the antenna array includes a printed circuit board having a substrate carrying the dipoles, said substrate having a top conductive surface and a bottom conductive surface, said DC shorts comprising connection points passing through the substrate and making contact between the top conductive surface and the bottom conductive surface.