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Originally Posted by jcmoon  The 5mile has a 9db - 27 inch - antenna that goes up 25 to 100 feet from the computer. I think that that will get me more hotspots than the rubber ducky antenna on the Alpha. |
Chuck isn't using a rubber ducky and he doesn't have any coax cable losses either.
If you put the antenna up with 25 to 100 feet of coax you will lose most of your signal. 25 feet of LMR240 has 3.2db attenuation. This will cut the power at the antenna by more than half (~480mw). If you go to 50 feet of coax you're down to 229mw at the antenna. What type of coax comes with the 5mile?
If you want to permanently mount an antenna at the masthead you should look into a POE based Client Bridge that can be mounted on the mast close to the antenna.
Bob Stewart