The antenna is the easy part, the case and mounting are more difficult and expensive. Tooling alone for a new antenna case is easily $10K+.
From: Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE Yup. They have an array of metal circles on a board connected to each other by traces. What about a cheaper external antenna? The price to beat is $120. ------ Original Message ------ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 9/30/2016 12:37:35 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE Yeah, that will be an array of patches inside. Hard to couple to with any efficiency. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE Like a 45 slant 15dbi panel. a 10" x 10" diamond with flattened corners. ------ Original Message ------ From: [email protected] To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]> Sent: 9/30/2016 12:33:37 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE What does the CPE look like? From: Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 10:29 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] I want a "Stinger like" antenna for Wimax CPE I want to narrow the radiation pattern on Wimax CPE in order to reduce interference. Higher gain is a bonus, but mostly I want to tune out interference from other base stations and thereby improve CINR. Right now all I've got is I can put an external antenna on with coax jumpers. A dish with a significantly narrower pattern than the integrated panel is $120-$140 from KP Performance, plus the cost of the coax jumpers and the labor to seal them. I'm really missing the Canopy stingers and reflectors right now. If I could slip something on for $50 I'd be all over it like white on rice. I'd also just settle for a cheaper external antenna. Any brilliant ideas?
