The MN Science Museum parking ramp has chain-link fences covering the "open" areas, with an interesting feature on each level -- a pair of linked cellphone antennas on each side of the chain-link, joined by a coax cable passing through the fence. Instead of going over or around an object, this application drills through it... :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haudy Kazemi" <kaze0010 at umn.edu> To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" <tcwug-list at tcwug.org>; "Haudy Kazemi" <kaze0010 at tc.umn.edu> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [TCWUG] making a passive repeater > I've read that they work best when the passive repeater is not in the > middle of the link but closer to one end or the other of the link that > needs repeating. > > Also... > 'They can be thought of as "earth flatteners", rather than "range > extenders". > Their best application is in cases when you can summarise the link as: "We > would have HEAPS of signal on this link path, if only that great big > building | hill wasn't in the way".' > Source: http://lists.samba.org/archive/wireless/2002-June/001424.html > > On 13 Jul 2004, Rob Wentworth wrote: > > Passive is just a pair of antennae connected via a (hopefully) low-loss > > cable. Directional antennas work best... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jay Austad" <austad at signal15.com> > > To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:49 PM > > Subject: [TCWUG] making a passive repeater > > > > > > > Anyone have any idea how to make a passive repeater? Not for wifi > > > though, for my t-mobile cellphone. I get sketch reception in my > > > basement and in downstairs areas of the house and need to remedy this > > > somehow. > > > > > > -jay > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota > > > http://www.tcwug.org > > > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota > > http://www.tcwug.org > > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list