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Old 1-May-2011, 5:27 PM   #7
Billiam
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Originally Posted by GroundUrMast View Post
To clarify... the typical performance of a 2-way splitter is 3.5 dB loss. The theoretical gain from stacking two identical antennas will be 3 dB The net gain will be -0.5 dB. If the forward beam width is improved enough to reject interference, the net gain in signal strength may be of less concern.

The improvement in beam width is most often produced with horizontal (side-by-side) stacking.

http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=1024

Yes, this does make sense. I have read about this being a fact in some online resource. I just don't know if I can build such a mounting device and have it work correctly. How do you create a horizontal boom and then mount it to a mast?
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