All, The Times Microwave cable calculator says -5.0 dB for 20' of RG-58 at 2400 MHz.
http://www.timesmicrowave.com/cgi-bin/calculate Rule of thumb for connectors is -0.25 or -0.50 dB insertion loss; based largely on connector style. The type of AP has nothing to do with anything. dBs are simply ratios; gain or loss at frequency X. ...dtw -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Enrique LaRoche Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 8:56 PM To: Charlie & Cc: Steve Rubin; Simon Woodside; Bob Keyes; Mike Walt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [BAWUG] Greetings all Add to that the connectors and then consider it was a linksys WAP11. How does 20' calculate out? -----Original Message----- From: Charlie & [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:48 PM To: Enrique LaRoche Cc: Steve Rubin; Simon Woodside; Bob Keyes; Mike Walt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Greetings all On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 11:05:46PM -0700, Enrique LaRoche wrote: > > Well I tried 6 feet of Rg-58a , it made a very nice attenuator. 20 feet was > magic , it made all the signal disappear. > I find that hard to beleive. 6 ft of rg-58 is 1.5db of loss at 2400mhz. You must not have had much signal to begin with. -- Steve Rubin / AE6CH / Phone: (408)406-1308 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / N57DL / http://www.tch.org/~ser/ -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
