[Antennas] New Gain Definition dB-MEG was Unity Gain Question

Wed Jun 23 21:34:27 EDT 2004

Well, the plot thickens. Guess it is time to name names.
The antenna advertisement I saw mentioning "Unity Gain" was given by 
Antenex for their Phantom Antenna (142-164 MHz. model).
http://www.antenex.com/zmain_catalog.htm
In the specs they reference the antenna gain in dB-MEG. Well, that's a new 
one on me so a little more digging turned up this:
http://www.bizrad.com/newgain.htm
In this tome they compare dB-MEG to a 3 dB "curly-q" antenna. [What ever 
that is!]
The only curly-q thing I know is a pig's tail. So I guess one could say 
that their antenna has the same gain of a pig's tail [I really wanted to 
say a pig's ass, but restrained myself].
It's been fun and enjoyed the exchange. Thanks to all who responded.
Very 73
Danny, K6MHE