Making your own wifi extension cable

Engram · 05-19-2005, 03:51 PM

Anyone here made their own wireless extension cable?

I'm getting a very poor signal at the moment because my antenna is buried in the dash so I'm planning on buying a length of RG58 and a male & female RP-SMA connector and making my own extension.

Then I'll probably mount the antenna against one of my A-pillars in the car.

Any thoughts?

Tuckie · 05-19-2005, 04:02 PM

Don't use rg58, the signal loss would be horrible. Take a look at www.fab-corp.com for some proper wiring.

thanatos106 · 05-19-2005, 04:04 PM

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how2/ar...714017,00.html

http://www.bluedriving.com/linksys-mod.htm

Just mod the wifi adapter and buy a extender from hypertech

Engram · 05-19-2005, 04:09 PM

thanatos106 - Both those links refer to Bluetooth!

Tuckie - Why would the signal loss be horrible? I wouldn't be using more than 50cm of cable. Are there any other RG sizes that would be better?

Enforcer · 05-19-2005, 04:14 PM

I have made a 3M extension lead.

Not tested yet though.

Engram · 05-19-2005, 04:19 PM

I've done a quick Google. Apparently LMR-195 is the low-loss equivalent of RG58. Where will I buy it though? (UK).

Maplin are actually quite cheap for the RP-SMA connectors. (Compared to some other sites).

thanatos106 · 05-19-2005, 04:24 PM

So what?? is a just how to guide............... you get the antenna and the pictail/connnectors from hyperlinktech.com

some pics:

thanatos106 · 05-19-2005, 04:35 PM

more..........

fuctup · 05-28-2005, 02:03 AM

search ebay for "pigtails" with your type of connection , rp-sma etc.. , and or LMR-100,195,400, LMR400 is the best common cable but its not very flexable