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===Cantenna===
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The instructions shown the websites listed on [[Links#Antennae]] were used ti build some cantennae as shown in the pictures:
The instructions shown the websites listed on [[Links#Antennae]] were used ti build some cantennae as shown in the pictures:
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Revision as of 12:28, 16 November 2005

Omnidirectional Antennae

It is possible to make a homebrew omnidirectional antenna, as shown in the guides listed on Links#Antennae.

Directional Antennae

Cantenna

The instructions shown the websites listed on Links#Antennae were used ti build some cantennae as shown in the pictures:

File:Circular waveguide optimise.xls

Sectoral Antenna

Turn an Omni into a Sector

The reflector designs shown, found at Freeantennas.com can be applied to a standard omni and will turn the omni into a sectoral antenna.

Simulation

NEC 2 was used to generate the simulated field pattern for a cantenna with the dimensions used in our first test cantenna.