RE: RG-8 vs RG-6 universal antenna cable?

I don't think you'd want to buy a cable until you know exactly
which specific device is gonna connect on each end.

So, let's use a specific case.  Let's assume that the WAP/Router
is a Linksys...which all take the RP-TNC (reverse-polarity TNC)
connector for that end.  One the other end, an N-Male connector
is what I needed to attach onto the base of the antenna that
I selected (mine was a 10-dBi omni-directional, which has the
N-Female connector on its base).

One other specific case:  Let's say you want to go 'war-driving'
and you want to connect that same antenna, but this time you
need to connect it to the Orinoco Gold PC-card (PCMCIA) in
a laptop.  That Orinoco adapter has an 'MC' connector for its
antenna connection, so you'd need an 'MC' connector on one
end and that same N-Male connector on the other.

As mentioned earlier, you want to keep the connecting cable short.
(There is a good discussion of antenna types and related issues
in the O'Reilly textbook '802.11 Wireless Networks'...it's got
pictures of bats (flying mammals) on the cover.)

One technique that is often used to keep the antenna cable short
is to even consider putting the WAP/router in an external/outdoor
enclosure immediately below base of the antenna.

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/
sells all this stuff, including the 'NEMA' enclosure boxes.

Hope this helps...



                Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:talk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chuck Lare
Sent: October 26, 2003 23:59
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Subject: RG-8 vs RG-6 universal antenna cable?


Greetings

I am trying to determine which TNC-RP connector to select based on which
cable I want to connect.  To be able connect as many different kinds of
antennas as possible would RG6, RG8 (apparently popular with HAMs) or some
other be the best or most versatile?

Please advise, thanks.

Chuck



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