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[Mike Kahrs]

I am setting up and operating a Tempest/HelixNet system next week.  The Tempest is 900MHz.  The Tempest is in a birch rack with the antenna attached to the base with no remote transceiver available.  I don't have any RP TNC  - BNC 50 ohm adapters handy.  I'm still looking.

But, I have an older Linksys wireless router (WRT54?) with a remote antenna mount with 6'(?) of cable.  If I remove the 2.4 antennas and meter the ends for continuity, I should be able to screw the Linksys adapter (one side anyway) to the Tempest base, and screw the RP TNC antenna to the correct side of the mount and get the antenna out of the rack and up in the air, right?

I know, try it, but it's an accelerated load-in schedule and I'm on an ambitious show currently with no time in between.

The Linksys unit is 2.4 and the Tempest is 900 but the antenna impedance is the same I believe.

Thoughts?  Thanks.

[Henry Cohen]

I am setting up and operating a Tempest/HelixNet system next week.  The Tempest is 900MHz.  The Tempest is in a birch rack with the antenna attached to the base with no remote transceiver available.  I don't have any RP TNC  - BNC 50 ohm adapters handy.  I'm still looking.

But, I have an older Linksys wireless router (WRT54?) with a remote antenna mount with 6'(?) of cable.  If I remove the 2.4 antennas and meter the ends for continuity, I should be able to screw the Linksys adapter (one side anyway) to the Tempest base, and screw the RP TNC antenna to the correct side of the mount and get the antenna out of the rack and up in the air, right?

I know, try it, but it's an accelerated load-in schedule and I'm on an ambitious show currently with no time in between.

The Linksys unit is 2.4 and the Tempest is 900 but the antenna impedance is the same I believe.

There's only one style of reverse pin TNC [male and female], so yes, the Linksys extension coax should work with Tempest.

For future reference,L-Com has a very good selection of RP antennas, coax assemblies, connectors and adapters.

[Brian Hancock]

L-com also has 900 directional antennas ... which work great with tempest ...

[Scott Helmke]

L-com also has 900 directional antennas ... which work great with tempest ...

L-Com is a great resource for this kind of stuff. I bought a pair of omni 900MHz antennas along with premade cables to go from the antenna's N-female to a Tempest base station TNC-RP, and it worked great.  Customer very happy.

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