A metering system comprising: a meter and an antenna assembly mounted to the meter, the antenna assembly comprising an antenna that comprises: a pin and a disk radiator supported by the pin, wherein the disk radiator and the pin are stamped from a single sheet of material.ĩ.
The antenna assembly of claim 1, further comprising a potting shield that covers the antenna, wherein the antenna is completely potted while covered with the potting shield.Ĩ. The antenna assembly of claim 1, wherein the antenna is mountable through a hole in a plastic pit lid, or is mountable internally to a plastic lid.ħ. The antenna assembly of claim 1, wherein the antenna is mountable through a hole in an iron pit lid.Ħ. The antenna assembly of claim 1, further comprising an automatic meter reading (AMR) module for water metering, the antenna being disposed therein.ĥ. The antenna assembly of claim 1, wherein the antenna is a short monopole antenna.Ĥ. The antenna assembly of claim 1, wherein the disk radiator has an opening that receives the pin and the pin fails to project beyond the back surface of the disk radiator.ģ. An antenna assembly comprising: an antenna, comprising: a pin and a disk radiator supported by the pin, wherein the pin is affixed to the radiator at one end and is disposed on a radio frequency (RF) feed point surrounded by a ground plane at the other end, wherein the disk radiator and the pin are stamped from a single sheet of material and a housing that houses the antenna.Ģ. The whims and caprices of some dictator may influence the spending possibilities of the general public far away.1. Violations of human rights, no matter where, are increasingly considered to be the concern of all of us. Conflicts in the Middle East, in Rwanda and Uganda or in the former Yugoslavia have their impact all over the world. But they can ignore one another only at their peril. There still exist great differences between different civilisations. Instant communication between individuals who have the whole globe in between is a reality. Modem aeroplanes allow us to travel in only a couple of hours around the world.
We have lived through two European wars, which developed into world wars.
Somewhere in the 20th century, however, this changed. Different civilisations, in regions far apart, knew about one another (at least from about the 16th century), they competed with one another or tried to dominate the other, they influenced one another, but in many important aspects they were independent from one another. AREND SOETEMAN In the past we lived on one earth, but in many different worlds.
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