[MLB-WIRELESS] RFEI: Hills 25dBi antennae

[Jason Clarke]

> Hmm, if the distance is short (such as, you're trying to get over a
> hill) then you could try building a make-shift passive repeater out of
> two parabolic antennae and a bit LMR-400 between them. Theoretically it
> works, but I'm no expert with passive repeaters.
>
> Real passive repeaters, in my understanding, are large flat objects
> which look like big bill-boards. Supposedly one of those things can
> offer fantastic signal gain if it's well designed! I think two parabolic
> dishes and a bit of cable between them would be an attenuation point,
> though, but still a possibility for jumping over things at short
> distances?
>
> Help, where are the RF experts? *looks in Tony's direction* :)
>

I'm no eggspurt, but I've heard of two cantenna's with 10cm of LMR-400
between them worked quite well..


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