On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:35:34 +0100, Justin C
wrote:

In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:01:47 -0400, "JR" wrote:

Just curious here, how do you connect the cantenna to the laptop?

I have a wifi - USB converter that connects to the antenna probe
using a tiny UHF connection and then USB to the computer. This works
up to about 10 ft. after that there is too much signal drop in the USB
connection. If I ever finish the 4 ft. dish I'll use a wifi to
Ethernet and then Ethernet to USB at the computer. That should allow
me over a hundred ft.

That's gonna be quite some windage at the top of the mast!

Justin.

It isn't at the TOP of the mast. Remember that wifi is line-of-sight -
all I want the antenna to do is see the target and I'm already above
the target.

I'll probably mount the dish above head level, say 7 ft. up and keep
the feed cable the same.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)