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I realize "powerful" wasn't the right word, and I'm certainly not anything
close to an antenna expert. But I'm pretty sure a 12dB omnidirectional
antenna has a longer range than a 6dB omnidirectional antenna, which has a
much longer range than the little 1/4" antenna on the WiFi card. The tin
can antennas are directional, I believe.
--Terry
> At 05:58 PM 11/23/2004 -0800, Terry Sutton wrote:
> >A more powerful antenna for ~$100 more.
>
> Actually it isn't really a more "powerful" antenna in an amplified sense.
> They instead are just better tuned and directionally sensitive, instead of
> being omni-directional like the card for your laptop.
>
> One tip for getting around the poor reception problem of PCMCIA WiFi cards
> is to buy a USB WiFi adapter. Then, using a long distance USB extension
> cable, you can mount the receiver up on deck, on the flybridge, in the
> eyebrow, or where ever gets it up high and out of the weather.
>
> For those that like to experiment instead of buying off the shelf
> hardware.... hmm, doesn't sound like anybody here... check out making your
> own WiFi antenna from a tin can:
> http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html
>
>
> Jim McCorison
> Starfish Marine
> (619) 337-5370
> http://www.starfish-marine.com
>
>
>
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