T&T: wifi antenna

Steven Dubnoff sdubnoff at circlesys.com
Fri Aug 29 22:03:01 EDT 2008


>   Units like the Engenius ones still require an adapter to coax to 
> an antenna with the large line losses associated with coax.  Line 
> loss is even more critical with WiFi than cellular because there 
> isn't the potential of multi-watt amplification.


I agree that antenna cable loss is a serious problem, but with either 
of the Engenius units here:

http://tinyurl.com/39dcv3


it should not be.  We are talking about a one or two foot pigtail 
between the electronics and the antenna.

Steve 


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