Smaller cable generally has higher loss, so for long runs, you don't want to use LMR-100.
But, connectors have loss too (and that can get worse if they come unseated or water gets in), so you want to minimize the number of connectors. At 60", I'd reduce the number of connectors and stick with the single cable. At 60', I'd pay the price in connectors to get lower loss on most of the run. Convert to metric as necessary. Matthew Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tobin Fricke > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [BAWUG] pigtail questions > > > I'm looking for a couple pigtails (ORiNOCO to N), and I am > wondering whether the info at > http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/PigTa> il is still > current -- it seems kind of funny that a short > length of cable can cost nearly as much as the network card. (-: > > When connecting an antenna to the orinoco card, is it okay to > use "pigtail" (say, LMR100A) for the whole length, or should > a short pigtail > be used to convert to some other kind of cable? I see all > of these 12" > pigtails offered -- does that mean these people have the > antenna within 12" of the radio adapter? I think I'm > planning to get a 60" pigtail, since that seems to be a > convenient length. > > thanks, > Tobin > > _______________________________________________ > BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list > [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
