Looks like a mag bird half way up, where it usually is, and the loop is probably an EM antenna. One would assume this setup has TX/RX in the machine, instread of in a bird?? Depending on how heavy it is, it looks like it'd be easier and more stable to tow, and less costly to drop or strike than a 5-channel EM bird.
During my time in Terrace, I built a few communications towers for the Dept. of Fisheries (comm shells) They flew similarly with the nose down attitude. Even at 60Knots ground speed, the Astar airspeed indicator never left zero with the airflow hitting the pitot at such a high angle.