[MLB-WIRELESS] 14db, 11db Hobby WaveGuides

[vak]

Be very careful paying that sort of money for a "hobby" antenna.

I have done extensive testing of both homebrew and commercial antenna.
In short, I have learnt that you don't always get what is claimed - even
by commercial antennas.

I can certainly tell you that from my experience, the values they are
quoting seem "ideal" - in practice though, manufacturing tolerances have
to be *extremely* tight to achieve the limits of a particular design.

Also, unless these antennas are manufactured with some sort of quality
control process, I can guarantee that their output will definitely not
be the same as the prototype they have built.

My view is that the whole spirit of homebrew is that you give it a shot
yourself, or get together with a few people and have fun building them.
It can be a lot of fun putting an antenna together and if you're lucky,
having the chance to test it.

Vaskos
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Ryan wrote:

> HIIm intrested in these but im unsure how they work or what band they
> can work on. Is there any pictures or any more info on these 14DB 180c
> Waveguides With Mounting brackets These work Great, As used in the New
> Norcia Wireless Network
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