Re:Phased Array Antennas (Score 2, Informative)

I'm skeptical on the reported max range but they should get a good amount. If you're sitting in the middle of a parabolic dish and so is your target, sure I expect that kind of increase in range, but in the real world...

This doesn't make any sense. The purpose of a phased array is to provide gain in a given direction. Generally, this kind of technique isn't used as a feed for a parabolic dish because it's a whole hell of a lot cheaper to turn the dish than to build a phased array.

As for users, higher gain at the receiver will help even if they're using the same antenna as always.