| CPC H01Q 1/246 (2013.01) [H01Q 15/0013 (2013.01); H01Q 21/062 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01)] | 26 Claims |

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1. A base station antenna, comprising:
a base station antenna housing comprising a front radome and a rear;
a passive antenna assembly in the base station antenna housing;
a plurality of struts that are longitudinally spaced apart inside the base station antenna housing, wherein at least some struts of the plurality of struts comprise a forward arm and a rearward arm, each of the forward and rearward arms extending laterally across the base station antenna housing; and
a matching layer coupled to at least one of the forward arm or the rearward arm of at least a first strut of the plurality of struts.
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