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| One antenna you may like to have a look at is the Borg Twinfire. These antennas can be used either on their own or as a feeder for a parabolic grid. When compared to a 15dbi grid antenna they were only about 2dbi down in signal and for something that is less than 1/4 the size we think they work prety well. |
What kind of signal strength could we expect from a pair of those over that distance on their own? Snow is a factor down here, and the town's Telecom exchange (complete with microwave link) is -- naturally -- slapbang in line-of-sight (around 300m from the Omarama end).
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| We will have a range of Yagi's avalible shortly. |
Any idea on pricing yet?
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| As an alternative you could try a pair of Ingot antennas however over that distance you would need to make sure there was no movement on any of the poles as the beamwidth is prety tight on them. |
Heh. I'll embed the mountaintop one in a couple hundred tons of cement. That
might do the trick. However not so long ago I went boot skiing up there. This basically entails standing still and allowing the wind to push you along on the snow, sans skis. You let yourself fall over if, a) you think you are going too fast or,
you are approaching the side of the mountain (1,900 meters straight down) or, c) all of the above. 'Tis windy up there sometimes!
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A couple of grid type antennas would also work well. the 19's should give you an exceptional signal at that range.
Regards
Andrew |
They look excellent, but are a little outside our budget right now.
Thanks dude.