Hello
is there a possibility to extend the external Puck antenna cable for up to 6m without to much loss?
I did not found technical data for this antenna and cable.
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Hello
is there a possibility to extend the external Puck antenna cable for up to 6m without to much loss?
I did not found technical data for this antenna and cable.
Yes, but that kind of removes the main benefits of the antenna (the gain of the antenna is lost in the wires..). You still have the benefit of having the antenna outside the 'steel box' (in case of a van or somewhere in an engine compartiment in a boat), but the difference is much less.
I would consider moving the router/device instead of extending the antenna. 5-6m requires decent wires, thin low-quality wires have too much loss. A decent antenna wire with low loss on the used frequencies is bulky and expensive (eg Ecoflex10) or even better eg Cellflex LCF12-50
Not sure what the usecase is, but moving the router and/or using a better antenna (eg Mimo-3-14) with a 4x4 suitable modem gives most likely a much better result.
If its only for low-performance requirements (cerbo, gps location tracking), its less of an issue if the connection is occasionally laggy/los due to losses and bad reception.
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