WiFi Yagi antenna opinions

I'm looking for a WiFi Yagi antenna and this one looks like a good choice:

I'm thinking about enclosing it in a white PVC pipe for protection and mounting it on a 25' pole with a Radio Shack rotor. The goal is to provide WiFi to my Thinkpad (equipped with hi-perf antennas also) while I'm at a park bench some 2200' from my house.

The AP is a WRT54g (v4 with DD-WRT) mounted just above the rotor. I have a 4' R-TNC to N pigtail to go from the router to the yagi antenna. The AP is mounted in a weatherproof enclosure.

The Thinkpad has 2 Linksys 7dbi omni's mounted on the rear/top of the screen. It has an Atheros 5211 mini pci card.

I know, I know - the antenna is only $30 - not too much to worry about so why not just get it and see? I probably will but I wanted to get your opinions or suggestions if you have any....

Ken

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Posted 5 years ago by Ken Bessler in Wireless Networking

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