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Generally, directionality is tricky to do handheld over a wide bandwidth.

Another approach is a phased rx array, could even be as few as 2 antennas, and from that you get a bearing too.



May I introduce you to: the Log-periodic dipole array antenna[0], allowing quite a broad response range with decent directionality in a single antenna. There's probably a practical limit to just how broadband you can make one, but just from a quick search I found one commercially-available antenna[1] that covers 120mhz-2.5ghz, for example.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log-periodic_antenna

[1] https://ara-inc.com/product/lpd-tactical/


Didn't read it, but it's going to be poor directivity for that meager bandwidth.

If you're going to go with that wide of a beam why not use a single element and wave it around?

I should also mention the third trade off, size, plays into this tool.




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