A hemispherical meander line loaded antenna is provided which can fit within a
hemispherical radome as to minimize real estate on an aircraft such as an unmanned
airborne vehicle. In one embodiment, a double monopole is recreated in a hemispherical
form, thus to make what was originally a rectilinear package into a hemispherical
package without materially affecting VSWR or ultra-wideband and antenna pattern
characteristics. The wideband double monopole hemispherical meander line loaded
antenna is provided with a single feed, with the delay associated with the meander
lines equalize the reactance of the antenna, thereby to enable proper impedance matching.
