Fw: A high gain omnidirectional antenna?

[Len Falknau]

 no there is some very high gain colinear omni directional
 gain occurs when you stack 1/2 wave elements on top of each other with
 phaseing coils
gain figures of up to 12 db are not uncommon

len
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jdalton at bigfoot.com.au>
> To: <wireless at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:16 PM
> Subject: A high gain omnidirectional antenna?
> 
> 
> > I was just reading the wireless page at
> > http://www.air.net.au
> >
> > It refers to "a high gain 2.4GHz omnidirectional antenna".
> > Isn't this an oxymoron?  How can an omnidirectional
> > antenna have high gain??  I presume what is really
> > meant is a "low loss omnidirectional antenna"?
> >
> > It's a small point, but it does impact on the credibility of the page.
> >
> > Regards
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
>