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Originally Posted by sc2dave
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I applaud your enthusiasm. In this case however, even the best, carefully built 4-bay antenna with reflector is not going to have the gain or directivity needed to achieve the OP's goals. (He has already tried the ganged iteration of the type shown in the youtube video.) The Youtube antenna has several known design deficiencies including sub-optimal element lengths.
There are a variety of DIY/Home-Built antennas out there. Some impressive work by several technically capable people have produced some very good designs which can be found over at digitalhome.ca. The DBGH could be a potential competitor to the commercially built antennas the OP has indicated interest in. But the predicted performance of the DIY antenna can be missed by an inexperienced builder.
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Last edited by GroundUrMast; 4-Jan-2012 at 5:45 AM.
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