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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Point taken, although who says a person cannot run 3 nics in the box. and obtain proper connectivity.<br><br>/wlan0<br>/400MHZ/ABOVE<br>/Shortwave/HF/LF/ULF<br><br>ideal situation.. I want to buy antennas.<br><br>Thank you for your time,<br><br>paul g<br><br><br><br><div>> From: erikerik@gmail.com<br>> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 02:04:02 -0500<br>> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] off topic<br>> <br>> Paul, what Chuck and Ryan are getting at is this: there is no such thing as a "magic" antenna that works great for all frequencies. This is fundamental physics. To give some perspective, 400MHz signals have a wavelength of around 70cm. Shortwave signals, and other HF/LF/ULF signals have wavelengths over 100 meters long. An antenna that works well for one of those will not work for the other. <br>> <br>> So, pick which bands you're interested in and buy or make and antenna. Especially at the longer end of things, it's trivial to make an Rx-only antenna with a spool of wire. <br>> <br>> > On Apr 2, 2014, at 23:18, paul g <pj.world@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > <br>> > Would you be able to suggest a really cool antenna 'that allows shortwave and the entire mhz band'. I prefer Ralink chipsets because they are what I know 'less about' for certain [rtl-61] native support under kernel 2.6.---.[I am a noob]. At this point why not look into a complete separate 'secondary nic' supporting this entire situation. Why have to use usb 'dongle' when one would prefer the entire device except 'Antenna's' to be in the box. Is it a software issue?<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<br></div> </div></body>
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