An antenna system for ground penetrating radar, comprising at least two orthogonally mounted transmitter antenna elements ( 1, 2 ) and at least two orthogonally mounted receiver antenna elements ( 3, 4 ), in which the antenna elements consist of triangular monopoles formed by adding metal surfaces to a plate carrier ( 6 ), made of fiberglass substrate, that is mounted on the bottom side of a layer of radar absorbing material ( 7 ), wherein the upper side of the absorber is covered by a metallic ground plane ( 8 ).
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