art wrote:

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but it does come to mind that the aperture, which is related to gain,
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Regards
Art

Yes Art, this IS the most perplexing of all ... the aperture ...

How can you reduce an antenna with a "capture" of 1, to a "capture" of
..3333333 and not suffer a signal loss of related proportions.

I ponder this.

Regards,
JS