Well there are 8 ft grid dishes with 26 to 28dB of gain....what about one of those new horns? Not sure if they exist at 2.4
Jaime Solorza On Jul 11, 2017 11:01 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> > >
