[ogWiFi] WiFi Parts Supplier in Ottawa

[Scobie, David]

That would be a great convenience, and if they are good, I’ll buy some off of you!  I guess I don’t have to tell you that all connectors are created equal; I’ve seen some reputable suppliers selling questionable ones.  

 

I did some tests recently on some good quality PL, BNC and N connectors with a Vector Network analyzer. I was surprised at how much variation in velocity factor and impedance I measured on what to my eyes were identical items.

 

Good luck with it, and let me know the results.

 

David

 

 

From: ogwifi-bounces at list.flora.ca [mailto:ogwifi-bounces at list.flora.ca] On Behalf Of jdale at cistel.com
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:46 PM
To: Ottawa-Gatineau WiFi
Subject: Re: [ogWiFi] WiFi Parts Supplier in Ottawa

 

Well i do run a small communications shop in Masson and i made a few calls to some suppliers. I might be able to get these for about 20$ each.

Well see

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From: "Scobie, David" <David.Scobie at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:29:27 -0400
To: Ottawa-Gatineau WiFi<ogwifi at list.flora.ca>
Subject: Re: [ogWiFi] WiFi Parts Supplier in Ottawa

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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