The can's diameter determines where the connector is mounted. Your can should be at least 3 inches 7. Mark the connector's mounting point. Measure up from the bottom of the can and mark the outside where the connector will be. The measurement will vary depending on the diameter of the can.
This measurement is determined for maximum signal strength. Below are some common measurements: 3 inches 7. Punch a hole in the side of the can. Use a drill bit the same size as the small side of the N-Female connector to drill a hole where you measure. You can also use a hammer and nail if you don't have a drill.
If your N-Female connector has screw holes, drill smaller holes around your larger one to allow you to mount it with the nuts and bolts. Measure and cut the wire. Take your copper wire and line it up with the the metal connector on the small side of the N-Female connector.
The little brass tube and the length of the wire should total 1. Get as close to this measurement as physically possible for the best connection. Solder the copper wire to the small end of the N-Female connector. Use the soldering iron to attach the wire to the brass tube on the back of the N-Female connector. This creates the probe. See this guide for details on soldering. The wire should be sticking straight out from the connector.
Secure the probe in the can. After the solder has finished cooling, mount the probe to the can with the wire on the inside and the screw connector on the outside. Use the nuts and bolts to secure the probe to the can. Connect the can to the wireless card using the pigtail cable. Screw the pigtail cable onto the probe mount, and then connect the other end to your wireless card's antenna connector. Point the can at the physical access point.
The can will need to be pointed directly at the wireless access point. You can mount it to a camera tripod with a zip tie for easy pointing. Subscribe Now. This is fooking genius! Wher can I get more details on the construction of such antenna?
Awesome video! Then rip the paper template of the antenna. This is the most difficult part and depends on the electronic hardware you have. The basic idea is that you need to solder a wire between the WiFi board's RF output and the driven element of the yagi antenna. Those with external antennae, like mine, are easier to connect because you are just replacing the external whip antenna with the Yagi.
Those with internal antenna may need to have their on-board strip antenna modified as illustrated in the pictures here. You need to slightly experiment in this case.
I have tried soldering a coax to my board's antenna connectors and the two ends of the yagi's active element loop but it did not work in my case. I have no explanations why that did not work, but other DIYers that have built Yagi antennae connected their antenna in this manner. In my case, I just connected a single thin strand of copper wire between the active element of the strip antenna and one end of the loop of the driven element.
Please read the annotations of the pictures for more details. The performance was pretty spectacular for this easy to build antenna. I was able to see the WiFi of a hotel that was 2 miles away from my home. The most difficult part was connecting the antenna to the USB modem. Okay well I read through the entire post and I saw many things that made a lot of sense, also saw a lot of unnecessary flaming, but I do have a few comments to make.
Right off the bat the one individual that asked about having his modem in the basement with a rotating antenna on the roof needs a reality check. Take the dongle apart and connect a USB extension cable to it and mount it directly on the antenna assembly. Paper clips vs copper, at this frequency it's not going to make much difference, however the specific model was generated using 14awg copper.
Someone said glue it all to cardboard then cover it with more cardboard actually a strong and stable design, original author said build around popsicle sticks wooden , both are subject to absorbing moisture from the air and either can have a poor dielectric constant, I would suggest some kind of plastic they make popsicles with plastic sticks.
The lengths of the elements, the spacing between them, and keeping them all in the same plane and parallel to each other is the most important consideration. If you use the folded dipole make sure the folded part is perpendicular to the plane of the rest of the antenna and use ohm twin lead to connect to the dongle, but your SWR will probably be much higher, reducing your effective gain and possibly resulting in early failure of the dongle. Horizontal vs vertical, after you have your antenna connected and have connected to some network you can try rotating it about its horizontal axis to see if you can get a better aspect on the other antenna more bars.
All in all though good job to Biotele, it's cheap, it's easy, and if done right will provide excellent results. I did not build this antenna, but I built 2 antennae very similar before reading this post, My son and I live almost 2 miles apart and either of us can stream p movies from the other's house during a thunderstorm. Reply 1 year ago. Was the setup with your son line of sight, or was there any foliage between you?
Was this able to extend the original wifi network to the second location? Reply 6 years ago on Introduction. Reply 7 years ago on Introduction. Thanks upon this project. For my recommendation, I would advise you to use a usb to Ethernet adapter then feed your router with Ethernet as usual.
I'm a ham radio operator and have build many yagi antennas and am going to build this one. Here's a suggestion. Then you do not need to print out the guide. Also realize there are factors outside your control so getting accuracy to about 1 mm is good enough for element spacing and length. If you aren't that accurate, it will just decrease the gain some, but the antenna will still work much better than an omnidirectional one. Question 1 year ago.
I still dont get where to put the wires on the natena I have USB wifi with external port for antena, I have the coaxial cable Bit did not see ani diagram where to solder them on the antena.. May be I miss something because of poor english, so please someone to help with a simple diagram on Paint. PS This looks exactly like an oldschool external TV antena. If I use one wouldnt be better?! Source: siamagazin. By admin Share. Source: wireless-home-network-made-easy. Source: www.
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