At 12:19 PM 7/23/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Once again we see references to gain without the actually reference pointed >out. There is a big difference between dBi (dB over an Isotropic, >non-existent antenna) and dBd (dB over a dipole, real antenna).
<---Well, 2.8 Db difference to be exact but most folks simply round it off to 3 Db. And one correction if I may. A 1/4 wave antenna is a "real antenna" and many times can be used as the isotropic equivilent. A dipole is a 1/2 wave and demonstrates 2.8 Db over a 1/4 wave. >And both seem to be less than dBC (dBCushcraft - gain over a mythical >worse-than-isotropic reference). <---ROFLMAO! Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
