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Re: Sun noise measurement of 2.4G
- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sun noise measurement of 2.4G
- From: "Jens H. Jensen" <topcat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 22:50:27 +0200
- In-Reply-To: <070601c0b7d2$fb0fb660$010a0a0a@comp2>
At 23:44 28-03-2001, you wrote:
>Like others, I plan to be on the rig Sunday to see what gives with the
>signal now. By the way, I am using a 4:1 combiner (about 7.5 dB loss) to
>combine 4 antennas for the VR-5000. Even so, I still have PLENTY of signal
>to work with.
Maybe this is an unneeded comment, but....
Stacking two antennas is supposed to give a maximum of 3dB
Stacking four antennas is supposed to give a maximum of 6dB, theoretic max
which is never achieved.
But the combiner, you say, has 7.5dB loss.
Where's the gain......?
73 de OZ1LRG
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