While waiting on my daughter getting school supplies I went int compusa
- They now have several items from hawking including the usb adapter /
6 db directional antenna combination. It was $69 as opposed to $52 + shipping on ebay but an extra few dollars for immediate gratification may be justified. It will pick up a 1/4 mile without even placing it carefully and close to half if you put it in the window and move it around till you find a sweet spot.How about 18dbi for $43:
Difference between antenna alone and USB radio w/ antenna.
Bob
That's nice, but it's huge and looks heavy. I wouldn't want to carry that all the time. :)
Frank wrote:
Yeah .. and only 6 db gain. You can get omni-directional antennas with that much gain.
How big and heavy are they? I don't want have to carry something big and heavy.
Will-Lee-Cue wrote:
Not very big - about 3" high and only about 3 oz -all plastic. the antenna can be folded down against base for storage but probably still won't fit in your shirt pocket, the usb cable detaches. the base has a skeleton head screw slot on bottom so you can "mount" it on any convient screw
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