Re: [PLUG] wireless router

[Kam Salisbury <kam@kamsalisbury.com>]

Duh! That makes total sense! Thanks Paul, I did not really think about it
like that enough to put it together in my head why it did not work very
well. I guess this is one of those "the right size matters" more than just
size.

Cheers!

Kam.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <paul@dpagin.net>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] wireless router


> Actually, the same person, Julian Featherston,
> julian@concentrate.com.au, wrote that the 3.25" can is a good diameter,
> but the waveguide should be four cans long.  Mine will be two cans long.
>  The original was only one can long, 5.62".
>
> Paul wrote:
>
> > If the can is over 4" in diameter, the calculator suggests that the
> > cutoff frequencies for your design are too low.  Someone suggested
> > that the ideal diameter is about 3.65".  My cans have a diameter of
> > 3.25".
> >
> > Kam Salisbury wrote:
> >
> >> Well. I am doing a directional shot of about 400 feet line of sight.
> >> I used
> >> a 48oz juice can an the calculations from a webpage (see links below).
> >>
> >> I got my ideas from
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html
> >
>
>
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