[Noisebridge-discuss] warflying

[Joel Jaeggli]

Narrowing the beam width isn't really that useful for the war flying exercise. Nor for that matter is hanging a colander out the window at 80 knots a terribly good idea. I expect a low profile patch antenna is actually the most useful device gain/size wise.

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Joel's widget number 2

On Dec 15, 2010, at 23:23, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> wrote:

> You don't need an external antenna!
> http://www.usbwifi.orconhosting.net.nz/
> 
> 
> You can also use parabolic reflectors from satellite TV dishes.
> http://forums.qrz.com/showpost.php?p=1682072&postcount=15
> 
> 
> But if you still wish to get an external antenna, here's a ~70 degree sector antenna design:
> http://demi0urgos.livejournal.com/5924.html
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Gian Pablo Villamil <gian.pablo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lots of USB devices allow connection of external antenna. The
> high-power Alfa devices I mentioned have an RP-SMA connector, and in
> fact they sell a version with a square antenna and a suction cup for
> wardriving.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:08 PM, John Morgan <dr1ce315 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well if you can't mount on the outside of the plane and you have no PCMCIA
> > slot in your laptop, can't you find a suitable bus type connection? (pcix,
> > mini-pci, etc) I'm not real thrilled about USB devices that can't connect
> > external antennas (maybe some can?)...  For example, I have a u.fl connector
> > on my mini-pci wifi card in my laptop.   A few adapters away from any
> > directional antenna i wish to hook to it...  You really need a directional
> > antenna to get "good data".  In a hurry right now, will type more later...
> > RF is my game : )
> >
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