[ogWiFi] WiFi Parts Supplier in Ottawa

[Scobie, David]

IIRC, the reason for the weirdo connectors was the FCC didn't want
people to be easily able to add gain.  The Part 15 rules state that the
ERP is what they consider, not the just power output from the final
amplifier; so you can see why this strange and hard to get connector
would hinder all but the most determined.

 

Sorry to digress, but I have also had a hard time sourcing the reverse
TNC connectors here in Canada; there are a couple of places in the US
where they are available at a very high price.  I believe it was more
than $50 each plus shipping.

 

The N connector is a much better choice in general, since good quality
N's are much easier to find; at these frequencies a coupler or poorly
terminated coax connector is very good attenuator.   Definitely not what
you want.

 

I believe Greg Milley had a really nice dish for sale last year, but I
don't' know if he still has it.  He is pretty good guy and he has a lot
of know-how.

 

You could contact him greg.milley at sympatico.ca

 

David

 

 

 

From: ogwifi-bounces at list.flora.ca [mailto:ogwifi-bounces at list.flora.ca]
On Behalf Of Jeff Dale
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 2:36 PM
To: ogwifi at list.flora.ca
Subject: [ogWiFi] WiFi Parts Supplier in Ottawa

 

Does anyone know where I could get some RP-TNC connectors or a nice
external WIFI antenna.

 

I currently have a WIFI setup going about 500M between 2 buildings but
in the next few weeks my connection will be moved and I'll be about
700-800M away and I am not getting the best performance at the moment.

 

I'd need to get an RP-TNC connector so I don't have to cannibalize
another WRT54G and put a N Chassis connector.  I'd rather use the
already existing, not ugly surface mounted, TNC's on the router.

 

So long story short I'd love to find a nice parabolic dish 20+dB gain if
could and some RP-TNC connectors.

 

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