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[Amps] Antenna vs. amp (was: al-1200 question)

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Subject: [Amps] Antenna vs. amp (was: al-1200 question)
From: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:02:50 -0500
> By the "same directional properties" I meant that they will have the
> same total beam width exposure to the sky. (not necessarily in the
> same direction) This total beam width is the sum of both vertical and
> horizontal beams.

I know what you are trying to say, but that still is not true. 
Efficiency can be different and/or considerable power can go into 
spurious lobes on one and not the other.

For example, Rhombics have very poor efficiency and many minor 
lobes, and have a very narrow sinX/X pattern shape for the same 
gain as other antennas. 
 
> If you add up all of the area of the sky that each antenna beam is
> exposed to due to each ones horizontal and vertical beam widths, I
> think you will find that given the same gain for each they will also
> have equal total exposure area.

Only when efficiency is the same....and it also only works when 
noise is uniformly distributed...which it almost never is.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com 

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