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Antenna Gain

Antenna gain is the amount of increase in signal strength (in decibels) that results from an antenna concentrating its radiated signal into a given direction, when compared to the gain of a reference antenna. As antenna gain increases in a given direction, its radiated “beam-width” becomes narrower in one or more aspects.