[Antennas] Homemade HD Antenna

[micah]

On 03/16/2009 07:26 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> Bob Nielsen wrote:
>   
>> It's robust once the signal is above a threshold and non-existent  
>> below that (give or take a few dB)
>>     
>
> Wrong.  It must also have low multipath.  You can be a gazillion
> dB above threshold and still get killed by multipath.  The source
> of the information is the chief engineer of a major market TV station.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
>   
Agreed, I've done some 2.4Ghz ISM designs, and at very low power,
multipath is often a bigger threat than lack of signal strength.