Most yagis top out at about those gains. And that is close to the gain where panels start to have diminishing gains. So two of the largest dishes you can get away with is probably your best choice.
From: Christopher Gray Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 10:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Connecting Antennas For Higher Gain? I take it back, it is actually a 17" dish (L-Com HG2418DPD) that they rate at 18 dBi. On strict numbers, the best sectors I've found are in the 17-17.5 dBi range, so I just stopped looking. I'll check again. This is a steeple with minimal visibility allowed, but I may be able to put a yagi inside facing outward. I'll take some measurements and see what might fit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: Can you go outward with a yagi, or stack of them like Jaime always posts? On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: Real world result will be lower due to transmission line and combiner losses. 16” dish at 2.4 G sucks. I’ll bet you can get a sector that will fit that space that will have more gain. From: Christopher Gray Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Connecting Antennas For Higher Gain? I have a location with a tall space available for an antenna (About 16" wide x 64" tall). I'm currently running ePMP 2.4 GHz PTP there with a ~16" dish, but I would like more gain. What is the best way to get more gain if I can only go taller? Can I get a second dish and mount it above the first and really gain 3 dB, or will the real world results be lower? Thank you - Chris
