BALLOON ANTENNA Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC H01Q1/36 H01Q1/12 

FIELD: very-long-, long-, and medium-wave communication lines.

SUBSTANCE: proposed balloon antenna has balloon and cable rope joined together through insulator; antenna is provided with additional umbrella-type capacitive load made in the form of three or more electrical conductors, each being connected through top end to cable-to-insulator junction point and through bottom end, to anchor-grounded guy. This antenna is also provided with electric counter-poise in the form of three or more electrical conductors interconnected on one end and disposed so that they are radially diverging from junction point on ground surface; this junction point of counter-poise conductors functions as one of electrodes of antenna lead and bottom end of cable rope, as other electrode of this lead connecting antenna to radio-transmitting device.

EFFECT: reduced lifting height of cable rope au same radiation power and communication range.

1 cl, 2 dwg