Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Connect to Wifi Networks Far Away with a Yagi Antenna and USB-Wifi Dongle

Another quick and fun mini project.  I had to get the coax connector with SMA connector and N-type connector from the Dayton Hamvention (most hamfests would work probably).  I needed a RP-SMA to SMA converter too since there's a regulation that pretty much any wifi device you buy in a store with external antenna connectors needs to use RP-SMA (I don't see the usefulness in this...).

The wifi dongle I used was a TP-Link Archer T2UH and I used a 2.4GHz yagi antenna bought online.  You can make your own yagi antenna with paper clips or pringle cans or coffee cans but...look how much cleaner this antenna is. :p

All found from a Hamfest and Fry's Electronics

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