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Is there any reason to prefer a solid over a grid dish antenna of the
same gain and frequency range? For example, is a 28 dBi solid dish
for ~$500 any better functionally than a 28 dBi grid dish for ~$110?
I notice that some manufacturers (e.g., Equinox, Radiowaves) make dish
antennas advertised as 5.2-5.85 GHz while another (Pacific Wireless)
makes different versions for each of the subranges: 5.15-5.35,
5.47-5.725, and 5.725-5.825 GHz.
What are we to infer from this?
That Equinox, et al is a compromise design, suboptimal on some of the
subranges compared to the uncompromising Pacific Wireless?
Or that Equinox, et al was smarter than Pacific Wireless and was able
to develop a better, more brilliant design that maintains its
performance characteristics across a wider frequency range?
Is there any reason to prefer a solid over a grid dish antenna of the
same gain and frequency range? For example, is a 28 dBi solid dish
for ~$500 any better functionally than a 28 dBi grid dish for ~$110?
I notice that some manufacturers (e.g., Equinox, Radiowaves) make dish
antennas advertised as 5.2-5.85 GHz while another (Pacific Wireless)
makes different versions for each of the subranges: 5.15-5.35,
5.47-5.725, and 5.725-5.825 GHz.
What are we to infer from this?
That Equinox, et al is a compromise design, suboptimal on some of the
subranges compared to the uncompromising Pacific Wireless?
Or that Equinox, et al was smarter than Pacific Wireless and was able
to develop a better, more brilliant design that maintains its
performance characteristics across a wider frequency range?