Anyone happen to know the gain of this antenna?
everettes Member Joined Jul 5, 2005 Messages 23 Reaction score 0 Location Kingsport, Tennessee Aug 5, 2005 #1 Anyone happen to know the gain of this antenna?
kf4lne Member Joined Jul 31, 2005 Messages 430 Reaction score 0 Location Bristol, VA Aug 5, 2005 #2 its probably going to be a unity gain antenna, that means it has no gain at all. See this for more info about antenna gain... http://www.marcspages.co.uk/tech/antgain.htm
its probably going to be a unity gain antenna, that means it has no gain at all. See this for more info about antenna gain... http://www.marcspages.co.uk/tech/antgain.htm
Al42 Member Joined Apr 29, 2005 Messages 3,457 Reaction score 0 Location Long Island, NY, USA Aug 8, 2005 #3 everettes said: Anyone happen to know the gain of this antenna? Click to expand... In reality? Not too much loss over a dipole on 800 MHz - maybe 6db or so, unless you hold the base of the antenna with your arm at about 45 degrees down from the vertical. A lot of loss on other frequencies.
everettes said: Anyone happen to know the gain of this antenna? Click to expand... In reality? Not too much loss over a dipole on 800 MHz - maybe 6db or so, unless you hold the base of the antenna with your arm at about 45 degrees down from the vertical. A lot of loss on other frequencies.