Did I miss a link to Rita's web site?

No big desire to resurrect this thread, but I haven't noticed any "very
crude, but detailed, website" referenced in this group in the last week or
so. Did I miss it?

Don W.

"Rita A. Berkowitz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Rita, without actually SAYING that you walked into a Radio Shack
> > store, bought a pair of these antennas and connected them to some
> > test equipment in a lab, you certainly have implied that you have
> > done that. Have you actually done that? What tests did you perform?
> > What were your results? If you actually acquired a pair of these
> > antennas and did some laboratory testing, wouldn't you be more
> > likely to give us test proceedures and results than to give us "I didn't
> > notice any [gain]"?
> >
>
> Don, yes I did evaluate a pair of the RS antennas as well a few other
> commercially available yagis, and panel antennas. I also tested a
> couple homebrew antennas that I made. I used both NetStumbler
> and a cheapy B&K 2650 to do basic signal strength measurements
> at home. I did do print screens of the Netstumbler results and of the
> 2650 hooked up to my laptop. I am in the process of throwing
> together a very crude, but detailed, website so you guys could view
> the data and make your own determination. I will be posting a link
> to it earlier next week.
>
> As for the lab testing, the antennas were tested at the shop for field
> strength and resonate frequency using both an Agilent signal generator
> and spectrum analyzer. The most notable point that I have observed
> is that having either the stock antennas or the RS actually resonating
> in band. It does seem that there is a large tolerance in manufacturing.
> I wonder what results I would get if 10 RS antennas were evaluated?
> Unfortunately, I only have two.
>
> As for me claiming to you that I didn't notice any gain in our initial
> discussion, I really felt it wasn't necessary to go beyond what I said,
> as it would have no bearing on the final outcome of my results I had
> at home with my equipment and installation. The RS antennas made
> no noticeable improvement over stock in my installation.
>
> One item I can speculate about, and this is my personal feeling with
> no scientific evidence backing it up, is that there are no set
> manufacturing tolerances that are followed by the WIFI antenna
> manufacturers that would guarantee a set center frequency when
> it comes to rubber duckies. I'm not saying RS is the only one guilty
> of this.
>
> Rita