this is also where an amp can come in handy, not for the power, but because you can see the lights that show you the traffic. also make sure that pigtail is screwed in correct on both ends, i've thought mine was before when it wasn't. good luck.
----- 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
