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Old 13-Mar-2019, 1:56 PM   #50
rabbit73
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Solid Signal's claim of a 60 degree beamwidth for the HDB91X is misleading. They are not using the conventional method of calculating beamwidth. Some people will fall for it.
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Technical Specifications
Beam width approximately 60° wide (out of 360°)
https://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=hdb91x

https://www.xtremesignal.com/portfolio-item/hdb91x/





Note that Winegard also uses the -3 dB half-power points to calculate the beamwidths of the 8200U:





You can have an antenna with more gain and narrower beamwidth or an antenna with wider beamwidth and less gain, but you can't have an antenna with more gain and wider beamwidth; the two are mutually exclusive.

Additional gain comes from making the antenna more directional with a narrower beamwidth, which ignores other directions like a searchlight or spotlight. There is no free lunch.
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File Type: jpg Winegard HD8200U gain.JPG (66.3 KB, 2856 views)
File Type: jpg antenna_beamwidth_diagram_2.jpg (67.7 KB, 2080 views)
File Type: jpg HDB91X Field Pattern_2.jpg (116.9 KB, 2064 views)
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