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Old February 20th 09, 08:07 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Default Where does high gain antenna get the gain from?

john wrote:
But it is
non-directional, so where does the extra gain come from?


You seem to be confusing "non-directional" and "omni-
directional". A non-directional antenna has no gain.
An omni-directional antenna takes away from higher
elevation radiation and focuses that radiation
at lower elevation radiation angles.
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