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dexter, 02/19/2016 10:48 PM
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2 | == The Cable Antenna == |
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4 | The antenna that has been shipped with the BS11 is a so called sector-antenna. That means it is designed not to cover only a part of the area around the BTS. And it has a gain. The gain comes from the signal that is bundeled and sent into the sector. The advantage: You can use several BTSs to cover a cell (Each cell sector has its own BTS ==> More calls) and you can cover more distance with less power. |
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6 | 5 | dexter | What is good if you want to run a mobile network is bad for experimental proposes. For us an antenna that covers the area around the BTS with a nondirected signal (like a donut) is perfect - so lets build one. |
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8 | 6 | dexter | Note: I have Adaptors that adapt the BS11 N-Connectors to BNC. Because BNC is my favourite connector type so the most of my homebrew radio equipment / cables have BNC-Connectors. That is the reason why this howto relates to BNC-Connectors. Just use your favorite connector type or N-Connectors for the BS11 |
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10 | 5 | dexter | == Step by step == |
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13 | 6 | dexter | The antenna is made out of a pice of old coax-cable (about 15-20cm length) and a BNC connector. To make it all looking good we add a pice of shrink tubing at the end. |
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17 | 6 | dexter | The first task to do is to connect the connector to the cable. I used a solderable BNC-Connector. If you have an old network cable you can cut off the and. The result is the same. |
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21 | Now cut of the isolation and remove the metall shield. |
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24 | [[Image(cableAntenna_cutoff.JPG,width=300px)]] |