[Cu-wireless] Re: 5.2 GHz antennas -- you da man!

[Sascha Meinrath]

hi mark,

sounds good to me.  i've cc-ed the main list so everyone will know what
you're up to.  [for eveyone: we're investigating antennas in the 5.2 GHz
range in case we have to make the move].

--sascha

On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 niteshad at whopper.de wrote:

> Hi Sascha,
>
> 	I'd be happy to research 5.2 GHz antennas for 802.11.  One caveat, from
> what I've read to date regarding 5.2 GHz, we can expect to experience a
> greater amount of loss due to atmospheric absorption.  Basically, 5.2 GHz yields
> increased bandwidth at the potential cost of range.
> 	Right out of the box, I'd say there's two antenna designs we could use.
> First is a  dish antenna, which will work very well, even at short
> wavelengths (really short, like visible light and ultraviolet, in the form of
> reflecting telescopes)  Second, there are Yagi calculators on the web; we could
> redesign the Pringles Can Yagi to function at 5.2 GHz by altering the distance
> from the rear for the collector, and the distance between the washers.  I
> will pursue these two avenues of research and report back.
>
> regards,
>
> Mark
>
>