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trying to fix a wifi antenna need some help 😅... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by DNOS@lemmy.ml to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de

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Hy I bought a cheap Yagi wifi antenna need some help cause the previous owner broke it and tried to fix it red neck style... It didn't work ... I hope I would be able to add a picture here is a breaf description anyway it's the cheapest brand you can find online the main element is formed into an oval shaped metal ring and here comes my question where should I solder the middle wire ? On one end ? On the other ? Should I pass it throu the (hollow) metal ring and weld it back to himself ? I have seen people build Yagies with similar ovaly shaped rings and they made the cable pass through half the ring and weld it there the problem is that my ring is shaped exactly like a C it doesn't have a second gap in the middle of the left part ... (Here=>C) English is not my first language hope it's good enough to be understood ask if not 👍🏻

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what your specific antenna looks like.

Generally you connect close to the centre of the antenna, where the two elements are closest together, again without touching each other.

That said, there are antenna designs where this is not true.

[–] DNOS@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks I will give it a shot ... 👍🏻