Dual-array two-port GPS antenna systems can provide horizon to zenith
reception for differential GPS applications. On a single mast, an antenna
system may include a lower array of sub-arrays (e.g., fifteen sub-arrays)
to provide elevation coverage from horizon up to about 55 degrees
elevation and an upper array of sub-arrays (e.g., three sub-arrays) to
provide elevation angle coverage from zenith down to about 55 degrees
elevation. Each sub-array may be of the same construction including four
dipoles positioned at different azimuth locations and configured to
provide a progressive-phase-omnidirectional (PPO) azimuth pattern
suitable for reception of circularly polarized signals. In a particular
embodiment the three sub-arrays of the upper array have PPO azimuth
patterns with differing azimuth alignments and differing excitation
values to provide a desired elevation angle coverage characteristic.