Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A directional radio antenna consisting of a parallel array of similar elements in which only one element is directly connected to the feed line from the receiver or transmitter.

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  • noun A directional radio or TV antenna consisting of two or more dipoles in the same plane with all dipoles parallel to each other.

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  • noun a sharply directional antenna

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Hidetsugu Yagi, (1886–1976), Japanese electrical engineer.]

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An abbreviation of Yagi-Uda antenna. Named after two Japanese engineers Shintaro Uda and Hidetsugu Yagi.

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  • If you live in a location where it you cannot point a single antenna to both tower sites, you may look into a "yagi" type antenna or, in some cases, two antennas.

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  • If you live in a location where it you cannot point a single antenna to both tower sites, you may look into a "yagi" type antenna or, in some cases, two antennas.

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  • You can repeat the above paragraph substituting 'yagi' or 'patch' or 'grid' antenna everywhere 'omni' occurs.

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  • You can repeat the above paragraph substituting 'yagi' or 'patch' or 'grid' antenna everywhere 'omni' occurs.

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  • Most people will do well with a configuration of UHF "yagi" antennas.

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  • Most people will do well with a configuration of UHF "yagi" antennas.

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