My EMC machine rarely needs internet connectivity so the flash drive works
fairly well for getting gcode into the machine. I'd much rather have a
network
connection to the machines in the house for doing that. And will have a
wired
connection eventually. As it turns out, I built a biquad a couple of years
ago and
had success with it (around 11 dB gain) but never put it to real use and
forgot it.
I'll see if I can find it and then find a connector/pigtail (the hard part)
that fits the
D-Link card in the EMC box.
As a side note, over the weekend I was playing with an SMC USB wireless
dongle.
'iwlist wlan0 scanning' showed -92 to my neighbor's wlan. I cut a hole ~91mm
from
the bottom of a Pringles can and put the dongle ~31mm into the can and got
-82!
And I'd been poo-pooing the Pringles can stories on the internet!
Anyway, thanks for the unintended reminder about the biquad,
Emory
<snip>
>
>
> Personally, I could not live without a network connection on any PC.
> Just in case it might be helpful, I DIY these:
>
> http://www.wallacecompany.com/biquad/
> http://martybugs.net/wireless/biquad/
> http://www.trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm
>
> for point to point (and sector) connections at long distance (miles),
> even through walls (hundreds of yards). So weather tight enclosures are
> often not necessary. I use pretty much whatever is in the shop for
> materials.
>
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> Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe,
> Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now,
> Zubal lathe conversion pending
> Craftsman AA 109 restoration
> Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC)
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