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I have a 100 watts Transmitter with one antenna installed antenna gain is (-3) , i get line 12 miles in each direction now. what i am trying to figure-out here is , how much more gain i will need to double the distance in each direction (24 miles in each direction)
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You need 4-6x more power to double your range, that's at least 6dB.
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