Then the problem arises of frequency reuse if we have such low gain antenna all over the place... and the size of a sector antenna for towers.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mike" <m...@aweiowa.com> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 11:59 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA TV Whitespaces Meeting with the FCC > Just for discussion, let's say a TV LPDA has a gain of 8 dBi. It will > cover > the entire VHF TV band, and by superimposing a UHF LPDA on the same mast, > can cover the entire UHF TV band with similar gain figures. > > I'd make this challenge: > > I could TRY to hide a TV band LPDA on my property and beg you to find it. > Even well hidden, you would. Now, give me a few hours to build a narrow > band antenna with similar gain in ANY 6 MHz segment of the same bands, and > let me try to hide it. Do you think I could hide it well enough you > wouldn't find it? I know I can. > > My point is, the antenna which will be needed for any segment of the > whitespace will be much less intrusive than the LPDA (or Yagi) being used > for comparison. > > This is great dialogue. I hope we are faced with the challenge of > deploying > in these bands. > > Mike > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
