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An antenna is a completely 'passive' device. It can't radiate more power than you

put into it. But if you know what direction you want it to favor, you can design the

antenna to take the power away from directions you don't need, and concentrate it

in the direction you want.

Antenna gain means the strength of the antenna in its best direction, compared

to a theoretical ideal antenna that's exactly equally good in all directions (known as

an "isotropic" antenna).

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