AM-FM-cellular telephone multiband antenna for motor vehicle

摘要

An AM-FM-cellular telephone multiband antenna adapted for mounting on a motor vehicle fender includes a first mast section having a length of one quarter wavelength at a first frequency near 835 MHz in the cellular telephone band, a phasing coil connected collinearly above the first mast section and having an effective electrical length of three halves wavelength at the first frequency and a second mast section connected collinearly above the phasing coil and having a length of one half the wavelength at the first frequency, whereby the phasing coil and second mast section increase the gain of the total assembly compared to a quarter wavelength antenna for cellular telephone operation at frequencies near the first frequency and further tune the antenna to resonance at a second frequency in the FM radio while providing reception at frequencies in the AM radio band. The antenna is especially suited for power telescoping operation.