Fred, You have also to adjust the location of the pickup antenna in the can. Also the can radius maybe not correct for 5.3 GHz causing that the wave pattern in the can is in the wrong mode. The can works as a waveguide.
http://www.saunalahti.fi/elepal/antenna2.html calculator : http://www.saunalahti.fi/elepal/antenna2calc.php http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html You can find more designs in ham radio microwave books ARRL Antenna Book ARRL UHF/Microwave Experimenter's Manual etc Wireless LANs for the this frequency range overlap partly the 5650 -5925 MHz ham radio band so look for those designs Bob Tenty VE3TOK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Coffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: December 31, 2003 10:46 PM Subject: [BAWUG] Anyone made a 5.8 Ghz "Cantenna" ? Has anyone built or run across info on a 5 Ghz homebuilt antenna? In theory, you could construct a 5.3 Ghz "cantenna" by adjusting the pick up element lengths of the 2.4 Ghz model to the shorter wavelength. Has anyone tried this one? Fred -- 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
