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A better way is to house the antenna in an enclosure and mount it using a support made of PVC electrical conduit pieces [Fig. 5]. This method was useful on a Dish Net parabolic dish to elevate the position of the antenna. Dish Net dishes have a chunky LNBF that sits up high so anything you can do to lift the position of your antenna and make it close to where LNBF sits will help.

 

Dish 500 biquad mounting method
Fig. 5 Mounting biquad antenna on Dish 500

 

Make a provision to rotate the antenna 90 degrees [Fig 6]. The ability to rotate 90 degrees will allow you to match the polarization of the distant antenna you're connecting to.

 

WiFi polarization
Fig. 6 Biquad antenna polarization

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