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Old February 3rd 04, 09:05 PM
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Default Best antenna to go through triple-pane glass

Hi: Looking for recommendation on the best antenna to go through 3
panes of glass. Here is my configuration:

WISP one mile LOS High Gain Antenna 2 ft pigtail Netgear
Bridge 5 ft cat 5 cable Netgear AP XP laptop w/SMC universal
wifi card

No option to put outside the building. Antenna must be inside
building. Tried going through wall but worse than going through the
windows.

Thanks
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Old February 4th 04, 06:27 AM
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Glass only starts acting as a lossy medium when over 8 Ghz.

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Hi: Looking for recommendation on the best antenna to go through 3
panes of glass. Here is my configuration:

WISP one mile LOS High Gain Antenna 2 ft pigtail Netgear
Bridge 5 ft cat 5 cable Netgear AP XP laptop w/SMC universal
wifi card

No option to put outside the building. Antenna must be inside
building. Tried going through wall but worse than going through the
windows.

Thanks



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Old February 6th 04, 01:19 AM
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Glass only starts acting as a lossy medium when over 8 Ghz.


Depends how far over 8 GHz...

Most common glass is reasonably low loss in the 400 to 700 THz
(terahertz, 10^12) 'band'.

;-)

More seriously, 'Low-E' (low emissivity) glass has a thin metal
coating that might make the glass less transparent at RF. I'm not
sure about the magnitude of the effect at RF. It certainly works at
IR.
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Old February 6th 04, 06:52 PM
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The metal coating is good enough to keep my cell phone from working though I
can see the cell tower from my office window about 1/4 mile away
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"LinkTech"
Glass only starts acting as a lossy medium when over 8 Ghz.


Depends how far over 8 GHz...

Most common glass is reasonably low loss in the 400 to 700 THz
(terahertz, 10^12) 'band'.

;-)

More seriously, 'Low-E' (low emissivity) glass has a thin metal
coating that might make the glass less transparent at RF. I'm not
sure about the magnitude of the effect at RF. It certainly works at
IR.



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