bad pigtail? does the antenna rattle when you shake it?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Restivo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:19 PM Subject: [BAWUG] Weird antenna problem > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I sprung for a Senao card and temporarily hooked it up to a ratty little 2db omni that was ripped off of an Aironet PCI card. Coverage was fantastic! I had a range of a good couple blocks. > > Then, my (expensive, for me, anyway) 12db omni and pigtail arrived. I decided to blow off the hacky antenna and use "the real thing". And.... my coverage got incredibly lousy! Very strong when right underneath the thing, but exponentially worse with distance. > > I thought that perhaps I was just seeing antenna pattern problems, and maybe I was in a dead spot in the pattern. Nope, I wandered around, and didn't find any "lobes". > > Anyway, I hooked up the ratty little 2db omni into the other connector, so BOTH antennas are now going and... everything seems OK so far. > > But this bothers me. What is going on? Or, more specifically, how can I begin troubleshooting what is going on? Do I need much more equipment or training to troubleshoot this one? > > - -ken > - -- > - --------------- > The world's most affordable web hosting. > http://www.nearlyfreespeech.net > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+3AWce8HF+6xeOIcRAiHSAKCUYs6tRGOSgnhutpMIHgsYFdTTmACg/Uu0 > hcjP0Ah4uG9bqvimF/VVBYM= > =rkf+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
