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Self made 5GHz antenna

Is it possible to make homemade 5,6GHz antenna? I need it only for 100m link.

Reply to
Jan Werbiñski
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Yes, it is.

Reply to
mattjohnson2005

any link?

Reply to
Jan Werbiñski

5.8GHz antennas for 802.11a are produced commercially.
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is one vendor.

Is this for a PC/laptop, or the access point, or both? Does an existing link work at all at this length? Is it clear line of site between two windows, outdoors, brick buildings, trees?

The D-Link AirPremier AG DWL-AG530 PCI card comes with an external antenna.

There is no reason that you couldn't build your own, except that tolerances are tight, but for this distance, that doesn't matter. A cantenna should be about 50mm in diameter, 150-200mm long.

If you have an existing access point, you might just put a reflector on it, like

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EZ-12, although the + point for the antenna should be half as far away from the reflector.

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dold

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