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Since the antenna is partly open, why can part of the antenna be used to boost the signal a little bit? Won that help?

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Since the antenna is partly open, why can part of the antenna be used to boost the signal a little bit? Won that help?

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Yes, using the High Gain Antenna (HGA) may buy a bit of a performance gain. Antenna tests show that there’s a 1 decibel gain in X-band (high power) performance over the Low Gain Antenna (the LGA, or what is currently being used for communications). But, there are several catches.