The library is a good idea. I've browsed the ARRL antenna handbook at Radio City and it cost like $55! I wonder which local library would have arrl stuff. Anyway I have another ARRL book to study. I have to study my ARRL book on passing the tech license. -Matt Johnson On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:28:59 -0500, "S. Earl Jarosh" <earl at jarosh.org> said: > A good source of PCB antennas that work and won't cost you and arm and a > leg. > > www.wa5vjb.com > > Kent's site is a good source of antenna information. You really don't > need > a 17dbi yagi for most point to point bridging needs. Most cantennas are > built by people that have not done the correct math and so the stub > length > is wrong, the placement is wrong, the connector is wrong and the coax is > inappropriate for the use. Antennas are simply math. Everyone here > should > go down to the library, pick up a copy of the ARRL Amateur Radio Handbook > and read the chapters on antennas and feed lines. You can build > something > much better and a little of the black magic will have been lifted. > > > > S. Earl Jarosh, N0HZ > V.P. of Information Technology > Cell: 612.868.1313 > Off: 763.545.3275 > Fax: 763.546.0027 > Money Centers of America, Inc. - I.T. Dept > 5955 Golden Valley Rd., Suite 206 > Golden Valley, MN 55422 > 6128681313 at cingularme.com > earl at moneycenters.com > www.moneycenters.com > > > > > _____ > > From: tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org] > On > Behalf Of Matthew Johnson > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 4:44 PM > To: mgenelin at fastcomputerserviceco.com; tcwug-list at tcwug.org > Subject: [tcwug-list] [Fwd: Yagi at 2.4Ghz for sale on ebay] > > > And there is the cantenna: > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270212994514> > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270212994514> > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Yagi at 2.4Ghz for sale on ebay > Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:40:16 -0500 > From: Matthew Johnson <mailto:mattjohnson2005 at gmail.com> > <mattjohnson2005 at gmail.com> > To: tcwug-list at tcwug.org > References: > <mailto:7d3948c70907261147v38f19436j1e51f0a1681d4ed4 at mail.gmail.com> > <7d3948c70907261147v38f19436j1e51f0a1681d4ed4 at mail.gmail.com> > > > One of the topics today was point-to-point wireless bridging. Here is > > a yagi for sale on ebay that might be useful for that kind of thing. > > I haven't done wireless bridging before so I'd like to learn about it. > > > > > > Yagi at 2.4Ghz for sale on ebay: > > > <http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400063773418&ssPageName=A > DME:B:FSEL:CA:1123> > <http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400063773418&ssPageName=A > DME:B:FSEL:CA:1123>