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Citizen's Band (CB) Radio operates at about 11 meters as a wavelength:
e.g. channels 1 @ 26.965 MHz thru 40 @ 27.405 MHz since
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cb_radio
Wavelength (L) = Speed of Light (c) divided by Frequency (f) ; L = c /f so
channel 1 has a wavelength of (299,792,458 m/s) / 26,965,000 = 11.1178 meters
channel 40 has a wavelength of (299,792,458 m/s) / 27,405,000 = 10.9393 meters
WiFi operates in the 2.4 GHz band which has a wavelength of (299,792,458 m/s) / 2,400,000,000 = 0.1249 meters or 4.917308 inches for a full wavelength.
Most antennas operate at 1/4 (90 degrees) or 3/4 (270 degrees) wavelength for maximum amplitude.
Therefore the 4.917308" WiFi antenna really needs to be a 1.2295 inch antenna.
Finally CB antennas have a specific load impedance that matches well with their transmitters that will be too high of a load on your WiF unit. This will create a really bad SWR mismatch and cannot be tuned in, so no power will actually get to/from the antenna to the WiFi transceiver.
As you can see a HF antenna for CB is not a good antenna for WiFi in the upper end of the UHF band. It is better off finding a tunded antenna that is designed for maximum gain at the WiFi frequency band. Here's some good choices:
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=wifi+a...
As far as I know, there isn't any 40ft cb antenna on the market. There are, however, 40ft HF amatuer radio antennas.
CB antennas are tuned for the 27MHz frequency range. WiFi operates in the 2.4GHz and higher. The cb antenna will not be good to use in the WiFi frequency range.
I seriously doubt it, as the frequencies are so different.
CB is 27 MHz, but cell phones are GHz.
NO, WIFI ANTENNA IS IN MICROWAVE BAND, A FEW INCH LENGTH IS ENOUGH. CB ANTENNA FEEDER CABLE SHUNT AWAY ALL WIFI SIGNAL BECAUSE ITS LIMIT IS BELOW VHF BAND.
A SPECIAL MICROWAVE TYPE CABLE IS NEEDED AS FEEDER LINE.
Hi was just wondering if a 40 foot cb antenna could have something added and or modified so that it will work with ethernet or as a cell phone booster?
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