Home-Brew Antennae: Difference between revisions

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It is possible to make a homebrew omnidirectional antenna, as shown in the guides listed on Links#Antennae.

The instructions shown the websites listed on Links#Antennae were used ti build some cantennae as shown in the pictures:

The reflector designs shown, found at Freeantennas.com can be applied to a standard omni and will turn the omni into a sectoral antenna.

NEC 2 was used to generate the simulated field pattern for a cantenna with the dimensions used in our first test cantenna.

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 ==Directional Antennae==
 ===Cantenna===
-Instructions on how to build your own can be found on many websites, here are some that we used:
+The instructions shown the websites listed on [[Links#Antennae]] were used ti build some cantennae as shown in the pictures:
-[http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1642883,00.asp Extremetech guide on building a cantenna]
-[http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html Cantenna HowTo]
-And pictures of the results:
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 ===Sectoral Antenna===
 ====Turn an Omni into a Sector====
-The designs shown for a reflector can be applied to a standard omni and will turn the omni into a sectoral antenna.
+The reflector designs shown, found at [http://www.freeantennas.com/ Freeantennas.com] can be applied to a standard omni and will turn the omni into a sectoral antenna.
-Taken from: [http://www.freeantennas.com/ Freeantennas.com]
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 ==Simulation==
-[http://www.si-list.org/swindex2.html NEC tools]
+[http://www.nec2.org/ NEC 2] was used to generate the simulated field pattern for a cantenna with the dimensions used in our first test cantenna.
-[http://www.nec2.org/ NEC 2]
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