An antenna system for sharing of operation employs contiguous transmit
frequencies. Transmit frequencies are separated into non-contiguous
sub-groups isolated from one another by filters 158(+) and 160(-)
associated with positive and negative polarisation. Received frequencies
are filtered and split into five signals for input to base station
receive ports. Non-contiguous transmit frequency sub-groups are combined
by a quadrature hybrid 110 and pass with 90 degree relative phase shift
to mutually orthogonal antenna stack ports P(+) and P(-) associated with
orthogonally polarised sets of antenna elements AS(+) and AS(-): the
ports P(+) and P(-) are isolated from one another by the hybrid 110. The
90 degree phase shift results in one transmit subgroup being radiated
with left hand circular polarisation and the other transmit subgroup
being radiated with right hand circular polarisation. Changing the
relative phase shift changes the radiated polarisation to linear or
elliptical, and signal amplitude weighting provides control of antenna
beam polarisation direction.