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Antenna Gain - Is it the ultimate measure of a better antenna?
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<p>[QUOTE="EscapeVelocity, post: 32860, member: 3771"]Couple of things, the ClearStream Antennas are wide beamwidth antennas....much wider than the 4 Bay Bowties that Piggie was talking about in the OP. I have tested both the ClearStream2 and the ClearStream 1 Convertible and both are great antennas on UHF.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore the Bowtie Antennas are Colinear Broadside Arrays, which are basically stacked Full Wave Dipoles....which have nulls off the ends.....which means serious side rejection. Also they phase cancel each other out from the top and bottom so are also good at rejecting overhead and below(ignition used to be the big one) noise. </p><p></p><p>There rear rejection can be excellent at the 20 db average level on UHF....which is equivalent to yagis corner reflector or otherwise.</p><p></p><p></p><p>My 2 cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p></p>
[QUOTE="EscapeVelocity, post: 32860, member: 3771"]Couple of things, the ClearStream Antennas are wide beamwidth antennas....much wider than the 4 Bay Bowties that Piggie was talking about in the OP. I have tested both the ClearStream2 and the ClearStream 1 Convertible and both are great antennas on UHF. Furthermore the Bowtie Antennas are Colinear Broadside Arrays, which are basically stacked Full Wave Dipoles....which have nulls off the ends.....which means serious side rejection. Also they phase cancel each other out from the top and bottom so are also good at rejecting overhead and below(ignition used to be the big one) noise. There rear rejection can be excellent at the 20 db average level on UHF....which is equivalent to yagis corner reflector or otherwise. My 2 cents.[/QUOTE]
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