[Antennas] Can we talk about WLAN antennas here?

[Walt]

David:

Perhaps a range extender would work fro you.  Allowing you to use you laptop 
anywhere inside your house.  I don't know if any have separate TX & RX 
antennas.  If not perhaps putting it near a window would allow its antenna to 
see both your laptop and the one next door.

  walt


On Friday 28 July 2006 11:17, DavidE Benedict wrote:
> Can we talk about WLAN antennas here?
>
> I don't see why not. I am a HAM...and we all learn good things here
> regardless of area of application...right?
>
> Well I had an old laptop which had a card which had an antenna jack to
> extend the range. I used it with a smallantenna outside because I can then
> connect to my nighborhood while inside my aluminum-siding home. The small
> antenna I used was just to overcome the coax loss at 2.4 gigahertz.
>
> FINALLY, THE QUESTION...
> My new laptop has the same problem but no antenna jack to add an outside
> antenna, so,...
> 1) Has anyone ideas about how to boost the antenna in these new ones? I
> suspect the antenna is in the flip-up screen's enclosure.
>
> 2) Maybe an antenna outside and an equivalent of an antenna inside and
> near to the laptop?
>
> Anyone tried to do this and perhaps been successful ...before I begin to
> explore home made hardware answers?
>
> David B.
> Mobile in NW Oregon
>
>
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