uberman
Golden Member
You can join all the ham radio forums you want, but you're not allowed to post until they check your aura or something so I put the question here.
I’m trying to reconfigure a 2.4 GHZ WIFI antenna to make it work better. I use an Alfa AWUS036NHR v2 USB active antenna to access public Internet from my van. I usually just throw it on the dashboard to connect. The other day it was a poor connection so I thought, ground plane=van roof, this is a transceiver, so I put it on the roof for a great improvement in signal strength. I have a couple of these active antennas and 3, 5 and 7 DB dipoles. I thought I should get a good magnetic antenna base to which I can screw my dipoles into: the base should have a RP-SMA male fitting to accept my dipoles. The low-loss coax from the magnetic base should have a RP-SMA female fitting to screw into the USB amplified dongle to complete the connections. Is my thinking clear? Am I designing this correctly? How long should this cable be to avoid signal loss. Can someone recommend a magnetic antenna base that will stay put and has low loss coax and RP-SMA male fittings to screw in my dipoles and RP-SMA female fitting to screw into my USB dongle.
Here’s a link to my antenna.
https://www.amazon.com/Alfa-Network...TF8&qid=1521736938&sr=8-2&keywords=AWUS036NHR
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice.
I’m trying to reconfigure a 2.4 GHZ WIFI antenna to make it work better. I use an Alfa AWUS036NHR v2 USB active antenna to access public Internet from my van. I usually just throw it on the dashboard to connect. The other day it was a poor connection so I thought, ground plane=van roof, this is a transceiver, so I put it on the roof for a great improvement in signal strength. I have a couple of these active antennas and 3, 5 and 7 DB dipoles. I thought I should get a good magnetic antenna base to which I can screw my dipoles into: the base should have a RP-SMA male fitting to accept my dipoles. The low-loss coax from the magnetic base should have a RP-SMA female fitting to screw into the USB amplified dongle to complete the connections. Is my thinking clear? Am I designing this correctly? How long should this cable be to avoid signal loss. Can someone recommend a magnetic antenna base that will stay put and has low loss coax and RP-SMA male fittings to screw in my dipoles and RP-SMA female fitting to screw into my USB dongle.
Here’s a link to my antenna.
https://www.amazon.com/Alfa-Network...TF8&qid=1521736938&sr=8-2&keywords=AWUS036NHR
Thanks in advance for any helpful advice.
