On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:22:27 +0100, Tim <nutnews@kooky.org> wrote:

>Brian A wrote:
>> If I wanted to increase the range, of any device like this, I'd look
>> at improving the aerial. It is a pity these devices don't have an
>> aerial socket. To use an external aerial you'd have to open up the
>> base station and make a suiable connection. There are plenty of
>> articles on the Net for homebrew 2.4GHz aerials. It all depends on how
>> confident you are about the electronics side of it.
>>
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>Except Dect runs on 1880-1900 MHz.
Yes, I wasn't very clear. I did mean with modification. Many of the
aerial plans do allow for use at other frequencies.
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>So, if you were to connect a 2.4Ghz antenna then the VSWR would probably
>kill the transmitter over time.
At such low power I don't think there would be a problem. If the 'PA'
is going to go it'll go quickly. So much better in the valve days -
when they started to glow red you knew there was a problem and could
switch off - semiconductors go into thermal runaway and that's end of
story. I did hear of one chap who coverd a golf course with a rabbit
base station with an aerial attached.


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