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Author Topic: Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna  (Read 4696 times)

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jaskel

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Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna
« on: April 05, 2012, 12:13:25 PM »
Well I got my radar rama, I dont understand but i am only getting  altitudes down to 1800 feet but when I ran a cellphone antenna in the same spot I was getting down to 750 feet with similar high altitude range...I dont know why id get less with a tuned mode s antenna than with a cell 900mhz antenna.

Any thoughts??

The first pic is with radar rama, 2nd pic is cellband antenna

« Last Edit: April 05, 2012, 12:15:42 PM by jaskel »

CoastGuardJon

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Re: Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 12:28:21 PM »
Hi Jaskel, my guess would be that your RadarRama has nulls below 1500', you need to study some antenna theory to get some understanding of the whys and wherefores of lobes and nulls.
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jaskel

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Re: Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 12:34:11 PM »
yeah I understand...I just find it weird that I get better performance from a out of band antenna..

Im getting a better spread from the radar rama...but distance is not as good....

jaskel

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Re: Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2012, 12:35:47 AM »
here is my latest screen with the rdar rama, as you can see i have timeouts at 1775 feet...very odd!


jaskel

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Re: Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2012, 08:09:36 AM »
so u think a masthead amp would improve this
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Would a digital tv one work?

CoastGuardJon

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Re: Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 12:15:17 PM »
Hi Jaskel, unfortunately, I don't think a masthead pre-amp would help in the least - they're best used to overcome losses on long co-ax runs, they can only boost the signals being received.
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jaskel

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Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2013, 09:36:12 PM »
Ok gotcha, thanks mate.

I'm thinking of getting a bigger antenna as I want further range
« Last Edit: January 27, 2013, 09:40:08 PM by jaskel »

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Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2013, 05:07:38 AM »
Hi,

I usually get around 150-170nm with RadaRama 10m high with 14m RG-8 no preamp, further range on direction to water.  Not sure how is your set up but any chance that you got loose connection?
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jaskel

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Watson Radar Rama Antenna v Cell Antenna
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2013, 05:14:44 AM »
Mine is set up high with coax thicker than RG8( the name escapes me) I've posted a pic in the users pic section.

I'm getting 160-180nm with the odd pop to 220