[MLB-WIRELESS] Galaxy antennaes - RF cable question

[Paul van den Bergen]

Hi all,
If all goes well I will collect the first of two galaxy antennaes I have 
my eye on this weekend...  This brings to mind a question.

there is a chance that I will be able to grab a fair length of the 
connecting cable from the antennae to the wall socket.  Is this worth my 
while, or is it crap for our purposes???  (I ask because if it is free 
and it will do the job, why not grab it?)  if it is not ideal, how bad 
is it?  since I have 2 650mW old ISA wavelan cards that I want to use (I 
am still considering my configuration) I would actually welcome some 
loss in the cables...

If it is really bad, I'll just cut the wire...


so, the questions are

1)  is the cable from the galaxy antennaes to the wall socket 
appropriate for 802.11b frequencies? (and incidently, what is it rated for?)
and
2) just how lossy would it be if I did use it?
which I guess is three questions but what would I know... I'm an 
engineer... we don't count...

-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
SERC, RMIT University
paul at serc.rmit.edu.au
+613 9925 1624 phone
+613 9925 5699 fax
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