[MLB-WIRELESS] Antenna link

[Alan]

Rob,
A picture is worth a 1000 words:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/ygillam/antenna.jpg

The coax is the pigtail that comes with the Belkin PCI card with the 
original antenna chopped off and replace with this.
I tested it for shorts and continuity it all looks OK

The idea of the mounting bracket is to clip it under one of the roof 
tiles. I have a two story house but do not have a ladder long enough to 
reach the roof to put up a proper mast. I can see Mt Dandenong if I lift 
the tiles and look out

I have removed the unit from the roof for testing, over 25 metres I get 
a signal of -45dBm


Alan
IJU




Rob wrote:

>Alan,
>
>Are there any shorts between the inner and outer of the coax ?
>
>How long is the lead between the Antenna and the access point ?
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>What sort of Coax is it ?
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>Just a few thoughts....
>
>Rob.
>
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Alan" <gone_4wding at bigpond.com>
>To: "Horace Pinker" <horacepinker at hotmail.com>
>Cc: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
>Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 9:58 PM
>Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Antenna link
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>>Has anyone had any success with this antenna?
>>I have just made one, well  three actually, the first two wern't 
>>accurate enough so I threw them away.
>>I have installed it on the roof and I can hardly pick it up from a room 
>>in the house.
>>The lead I used was the original antenna system of a Belkin card, I cut 
>>the original antenna off and connected it to theis new one.
>>I made the high gain version with the 4 coils.
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>>Alan
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>>Horace Pinker wrote:
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>>>Some of you were interested in the antenna i brought to the meeting, 
>>>tho its not new some of you asked for the link, so here it is.
>>>
>>>http://www.frars.org.uk/cgi-bin/render.pl?pageid=1071
>>>
>>>I have made a template for this antenna and if anyone wants me to make 
>>>them the wire element let me know and i can bring it in for you next 
>>>meeting
>>>Cheers
>>>
>>>
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