[time-nuts] What's "dBic" on GPS antenna gain figures?

Marco IK1ODO -2 ik1odo at spin-it.com
Thu Nov 3 14:58:20 UTC 2011


At 15:13 03-11-11, you wrote:
>So its just 'dB' relative to a circular polarised isotropic radiator 
>- never knew that before!

Correct. It is the standard way to declare the gain of a circularly 
polarized antenna when receiving or transmitting circularly polarized 
waves, as "dBi" is valid only for linearly polarized ones.

73 - Marco IK1ODO





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