Originally Posted by spiney yep, it's just another "dielectric lens" antenna, can't collect any signal outside its diameter, and with additional losses due to absorbtion, so note the required high field strength mentioned, as they rightly say it's "not for dx"! |
Well, not all of us can do anything other than direct-to-home!
(Can't find a tearful smilie!)
But if these things can be made more efficient (I'm a dummy but if I take what's been published at face value...) and cheap enough then people like myself can put 'em on their windowsills! Newer, more powerful birds will help (of course that all goes out the window(!) if these newer birds are more focused on another part of Europe!)