[NLRS] 2.4 GHz antenna

[Ed Marciniak]

A short backfire would work quite nicely.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald" <geraldj at ispwest.com>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] 2.4 GHz antenna


>
>
> On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 10:37 -0500, Ford Peterson wrote:
>>
>> I've got a problem looking for a solution.  It's my wireless network at 
>> the home QTH.
>>
>> I get my high speed connection from the top of the water tank in Dassel, 
>> about 3.5 miles from the shack.  I use a 24dBi dish to gather 
>> about -60dBm of signal for the connection.  That one works FB at up to 
>> 1.5MB/sec.  Connected to my LAN in the shack is a 802.11G router with 
>> dual antennas.  A simple mag mount collinear on the outside wall provides 
>> a local hot spot for up in the house, some 200' - 220' away.  My XYL uses 
>> the link to access the internet and my LAN in the shack.  The trouble is, 
>> her connectivity on the laptop is poor.  Near a window she gets 2-3 bars 
>> of signal (whatever that means) but loses the connection from 
>> time-to-time.
>>
>> So I'm looking for an antenna design that will provide decent gain at 2.4 
>> GHz, but has a beam width of about 30 degrees.  The 3' - 24dBi dish is 
>> too narrow to illuminate the whole house.  Anybody got any ideas on a 
>> good design?
>>
>> Ford-N0FP
>> ford at cmgate.com
>>
> Not so much gain with 30 degree beamwidth. Maybe another router in the
> house located at a window with an omni antenna inside. Or another router
> in the house hooked by wire to the the hamshack LAN.
>
> It may not be so much antenna pattern as attenuation through the house
> walls, especially in this house with steel siding.
>
> -- 
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
> Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer
> All content copyright, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson
>
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