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Use pigtail F-female to SMA-male
Cable RG316. Connectors B F female. Programming Cable. To 7/16 DIN L29. To BNC series. To MCX MMCX MiniUHF. To SMB SMC. To UHF PL259 SO239.
Pigtail F-female to SMA-male.pngLast edited by abcd567; 2019-10-10, 10:16.
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Originally posted by abcd567 View Post
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It does not need to be such a pigtail.
I am using such a connector and it works without issues.
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Yes, an adaptor can be used instead of a pigtail, but the pull of heavy RG6 on the delicate connector of dongle can cause damage. By using a thin pigtail, the mechanical stress on SMA connector of dongle is reduced.
Pigtail F-female to SMA-male.png . . Adaptor F-female to SMA-male.jpg
Please read the comment on the image of pigtail I have posted above, and which says "Additional Benefit: Flexibility"
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OK, I understand the benefits of the pigtail. When the Flightaware pro stick arrived, I thought it appeared to be a tad delicate. I can imagine the RG6 has a lot of momentum unless somehow locked into the same plane as the pro stick. If I try and source materials here is OZ, I maybe restricted in choice. I will visit my local radio parts shop and see what I can find. https://www.jaycar.com.au/search/?q=...vance&show=All Maybe a few hours searching may reveal other sources.
My thoughts were to use a SO239 as the antenna base and work down from there through the RG6 to the sma prostick. Maybe I need to rethink the antenna and build the cantenna?Last edited by POR911; 2019-10-10, 23:13.
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Try this one first. You can built one with SO239 later:
QUICK SPIDER, No Soldering Required, No SO239 Connector Required.
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Yes, the Quick Spider is built using RG6 coax, and the connector at its receiver end is twist-on F-male. It will fit nicely any F-female connector (same as you use to hookup RG6 coax to you TV or satellite box). Please see the photo below
Stuff Required
Quick Spider - Stuff Required.jpgLast edited by abcd567; 2019-10-11, 02:27.
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Hi Wiedopf, That is exactly what I am doing. Fittings here a bit limited so managed to get a sma adapter/connector for the dongle, and will make RG6 coax 2 metres long, fashion the spider on one end and will create the coupling on the other end. I will make up some sort of mount for the prostick and the antenna connection to stop any stresses on the pro stick innards. This week end, should be working....
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Yes, use single piece of RG6 coax, make adaptor/connector at one end to connect to dongle, and built QuickSpider on the other end
If you want to try Cantenna, you can do exactly same way as I described for QuickSpider, except that at antenna end of coax build Cantenna instead of Spider.
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Originally posted by abcd567 View PostYes, an adaptor can be used instead of a pigtail, but the pull of heavy RG6 on the delicate connector of dongle can cause damage. By using a thin pigtail, the mechanical stress on SMA connector of dongle is reduced.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]11168[/ATTACH] . . [ATTACH=CONFIG]11169[/ATTACH]
Please read the comment on the image of pigtail I have posted above, and which says "Additional Benefit: Flexibility"
The same can be given with the stick detached from Raspberry using a good USB-Extension
I am running this setup which reduces the distance between Stick and Antenna
There's always more than one solution
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Originally posted by magnum View Postusing a good USB-Extension
Lot of users have faced problem of DVB-T/ProStick dongle NOT working (or performing poor) due to bad USB cable.
... and you cant tell if a USB cable is good or bad unless you start using it, and compare results with & without this cable....Last edited by abcd567; 2019-10-11, 18:47.
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