[VHFcontesting] Re: Re: Gain from an omnidirectional antenna
Christopher Boone
cboone at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 17 09:00:32 EDT 2003
EXCELLENT analogy....best way to show omni gain :)
Good show!
-------Original Message-------
From: David Hinton <ke4yyd at earthlink.net>
Sent: 04/17/03 08:09 AM
To: John Geiger <johngeig at yahoo.com>, vhfcontesting at contesting.com, vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu
Subject: Re: Gain from an omnidirectional antenna
>
> John,
Think about this analogy. Place a round balloon on a flat surface, put
another flat surface on top of the balloon and apply pressure. The
balloon
will change shape spreading out horizontally but does not get larger in
volume. This is similar to what happens when antennas are stacked
horizontally.
David
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