I have a sprint antenna that I am no longer using. It has a connection for an RG6 (of which cable I have plenty of). I also have an ORiNOCO gold card with the MC Card connector. Can I create a pigtail that will convert MC-Card to RG6 so I could see if this antenna give any improvements at all?
Any input appreciated!
You can get a pigtail that will go from MC to typically N-type. From there you're on your own.
David.
It's probably not just an antenna. It's a complete up/down converter radio. The other end of the RG-6/u goes to what amounts to a DOCSIS
1.0 cable modem. Inside the "antenna" is quite a bit of electronics including a 2.4Ghz notch filter designed to remove any possible interference to the 2.5Ghz MMDS signal. With this filter in place, it's useless for 2.4GHz.I can't tell from your description which style of antenna you have. My guess is that it's a California Amplifier model:
One of these could probably be hacked into something useful, but not without a pile of test equipment and some microwave experience.
I couldn't find that model number on the California Amplfier web pile. Using Google, it appears to be a model supplied to Sprint (Wavepath) for consumer MMDS service. I found the patent on the device, which has something on what's inside.
Its not the same model but very simular. My model is the part no 520024-2 ... but probally not a whole lot of difference. Right?
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