N4LQ has been a licensed ham since 1964, I would dare say he already knew
the answer to this goofy question and was just looking for some funny
responses.....

Mark W4UDX


"N4LQ" wrote in message ...
Say a beam has 5db forward gain and a front to back difference of 20db.
Where does the extra 15db go? I mean, if you loose 20db off the back on
transmit, I assume you also loose that much on receive. What happened to
the
20db? Did it burn up as heat? What am I missing here?

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Steve