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Dipole vs regular antenna

Posted: Monday 07 March 2016 12:26
by dakipro
Hi,
I am ordering now one RFLink gateway and I am wondering about ordering Dipole or "regular" stick antenna.
Is there some benefit of having regular antenna? Meaning, if I order Dipole would I miss something or have some inconvenience (other then having to fix it somewhere somehow, where regular antenna stands on its own on the box).

I currently do not need very strong signal, but I like to have the option if I would install some sensor on the garage or motorcycle or around the house or something. Any experience with this?

Just checking twice to be sure :)

Re: Dipole vs regular antenna

Posted: Monday 07 March 2016 13:51
by Stuntteam
Sorry.. nope.. just regular 17cm antenna's here..

Re: Dipole vs regular antenna

Posted: Monday 07 March 2016 14:10
by dakipro
thanks, just to confirm, it is only this one that works right? http://www.nodo-shop.nl/en/antennes/12- ... -nodo.html
That one I should order, not the Dipole from the nodo shop?

Re: Dipole vs regular antenna

Posted: Monday 07 March 2016 17:04
by Stuntteam
Both should work..

This works well too:
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/321726905532?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

or a piece of thick copper wire.. 17 cm's

Re: Dipole vs regular antenna

Posted: Saturday 12 March 2016 13:35
by RidingTheFlow
A lot of "stick" antennas are actually dipole on the inside - they more or less easily distinguished by having bottom part thicker which contains both cable (going toward middle) and bottom half of dipole.
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Also "stick" antennas which are short and stubby are actually a coil antenna on the inside.
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Pure stick antennas distinguished by being quite thin uniformly.
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