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Old 12-20-2014, 09:36 AM   #15
N3LYT
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Originally Posted by wa8yxm View Post
That is one of the things I like about my Cantenna

The active electronics hooked to it are right there but they are NOT USB they are Ethernet so instead of 3 meters lead limit its more like 100 meters (I only have a bit under 100 feet of Cat-5 cable though)
True but it's not feed line that's where the problem comes in. The feed line is very short to the device then ethernet cable beyond. The Yagi thing I was talking about picks up power from the computer via the USB and the TX/RX amps are right at the feed point. The ethernet setup would however allow you to use more than one computer if properly configured. I think a cantenna at the focal point of a dish would be a killer antenna
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