[GLLUG] Wok wireless antenna -> p-to-p wireless

[Stephan Andre']

It entirely depends on the terrian you have between the two points.
If you were in the desert and had a clear view of the other point, I'd
say sure, it would work.  But here in Michigan we have these pesky
leafy attenuators called trees, which do an amazing job of soaking
up 2.4GHz rf, and buildings and such which splatter the rf, etc.

With enough of an antenna, you could likely get it to work, but it
might be a real pain.  Building your own dish antenna can be fun;
hams do that often.  The feedhorn and its placement is more 
exact than some of the wifi oriented designs I've seen say it is.

Also there is a real safety warning here.  That 2.4GHz energy from
your wireless unit is the same as what a microwave oven uses.  A
dish works by refocusing the RF into a tighter beam.  If you have
a 100mW transmitter and make a 16dB gain dish, you'll have an
effective raidated power (ERP) of 4 watts.  Staring into that is not
good for your eyes or other small blood vessels in your head.  This
is a REAL danger.  Treating the business end of a microwave
frequency dish like a gun is a must.  So keep it off when working
with it and stay at least 12 feet away when its on (farther is
better).

If you try this, let us know if you get it to work.

--STeve Andre'
(ham call wb8wsf)

On Tuesday 05 June 2007 08:23:09 Mark Szidik/mlc wrote:
> I have a project I'd like to explore similar to the wok antenna (maybe
> I'll need one) .   My home is only about 2.5 driving miles from my work.
> I'd love to be able to setup a wireles point to point link between the
> two.  Anybody done this before?
>
> Here is a google map of the locations:
> http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=42.696693,-84.528852&
>spn=0.042895,0.083427&t=h&z=14&om=1&msid=102315249805099164893.00000112fbce8
>3599c4ad
>
> Thanks,
> ---
> Mark Szidik
>
> "Karl Schuttler" <rexykik at gmail.com>
> Sent by: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu
> 06/04/2007 11:09 PM
>
> To
> "linux-user at egr.msu.edu" <linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
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> Subject
> [GLLUG] Wok wireless antenna
>
> I've got a wok, and we don't really do chinese cooking here, so I was
> wondering if anyone has made a Wok antenna. In case you aren't aware,
> these are known to be superior to the cantenna, and simpler to make;
> just checking.