On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 raph@panache.demon.co.uk wrote:
Have you seen the articles on building your own directional WLAN aerial? You can get a range of several miles. sorry no URL, but try a Google search.
Take a look at http://www.frars.org.uk/cgi-bin/render.pl?pageid=999999 if you are after WLAN antenna info. They are gtting 14km out of their tests.
Some cheap antennas are available at this site http://www.btinternet.com/~jewell/vjbants.htm
If you want some serious gain take a look at the dishes available at http://www.jrmiller.demon.co.uk/products/dish.html designed for 2.4GHz amateur satellite communication
Simon