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Re: [TowerTalk] TH-7

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TH-7
From: "Lux, Jim" <jim@luxfamily.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 12:17:48 -0700
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On 9/3/21 12:09 PM, jim.thom jim.thom@telus.net wrote:
    4 x yagis  stacked is only 4db ?   Per the original article, it was a
flame thrower.


At theoretical best, 6dB, unless there is significant mutual coupling, and even then...

Power going to antennas divides by 4, -6dB to each antenna. Electric fields from each antenna sum coherently, so +12dB, net is +6dB.


Unfortunately, you can't get superdirective arrays with a broadside configuration.

What you could get is some nice grating lobes that happen to be in "just the right place" for the propagation path, especially in comparison to the lobes from the "wrong" height (where your most used angles are in a null)

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