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Re: Low signal in metal building

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Originally Posted by holo View Post
Also, I don't believe it's only the length of the antenna which sets it up to receive certain frequencies, there is more to it than that (IIRC spacing of the coils/etc)... You can certainly find antennas of different lengths built to receive the same frequencies.
This is what I had originally thought (see previous post), but I had consulted someone who worked a lot with electromagnetics and he said that as you approach GHz-range frequencies, the size of the antenna becomes the prevailing factor.
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