An antenna element includes a ground plane, a first conductive disk lying
parallel with the ground plane and spaced therefrom, and a second
conductive disk, larger than the first disk, more remote from the ground
plane than the first disk. A electrical and thermal conducing element may
make electrical and thermal contact with the ground plane and the first
and second disks. A radome extends over the element and in thermal
communication with the thermal element. A conductive or
high-dielectric-constant planar wing is supported by the ground plane
outside of the projection of the disks, with a central axis of the
element lying in the plane of the wing. If two wings are present, one may
be electrically conductive or dielectric and the other conductive or
dielectric. The wings, when the element is arrayed, lie part-way between
the centers of adjacent array elements.