Re: WiFi

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxx>]

Brian G. Reynolds wrote:
> As you may remember I was trying to connect a local public school into
ou=
r system so they can access the web.
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> I bought a couple of Yagi antenna's and had some cable's made up but
coul=
d not get the distance required of 2 KM. I could connect locally to the
sys=
tem but not from the distance we required. I am not bothered about this
too=
much as I still do not think we have good enough line of sight, but at thi=
s moment this is not an issue......
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> Unbeknown to me, my manager contacted a Northampton Ariel specialists
who=
came to our site and took away 1x antenna, 1x 2.5m LM??? cable and 1 x pig=
tail for measuring.
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> The guy has now got back to us and said there is a 10DB loss on the
pig-t=
ail alone. The company we bought them from find this hard to believe and
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for me I have not got a clue. They are now making us a cable for over =A31=
00 each!.......
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> Do anyone of you have any thoughts on this?

If the pigtail is incorrectly crimped, or using RG58 or some equally crap
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able,=20
then yeah, easily 10dB loss.

http://www.fab-corp.com/ seems very
well respected in the field of wi-fi ge=
ar.

Also, being in europe, you dont get the generous 4 watt EIRP that we get
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re in=20
NZ, so watch the gain or you may become illegal.


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