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Old 07-24-2002   #14 (permalink)
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Originally posted by bmoore314
That could be the case, but I dont believe that it is the major factor. The signal that I got from an angle was equal to, sometimes even greater than the signal from pointing directly at it. It still could be the case that the signal spikes are from the radiation pattern of the cantenna, but I dont have anything close to the proper equipment to test that with.
I think cantennae have a tendancy towards patterns that are relatively uniform up to 30 degrees, in both planes, and fall off quickly over that. That could make the signal sensitive to objects within that cone.
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