CB Antenna Possible?

[I3roknI3ottle]

Ok so me and few freinds where cruisning around the neighbor hood and came across a trash with a CB radio setup. We took the antenna and stuck it on the car as a joke and I said I wanted it. I've been driving around with it for a day or two now and I was wondering could I somehow rigg this upto my WRT54G wireless router as an antenna to maybe gain some wireless distance? I see these 50-70 dollar 7db antennas at the store and thought theres gotta be a cheaper way.

 

[Orinthical]

Antennae are designed for specific frequency bands so a CB antenna, while it may work, is not going to be better than one that's made for the job.

 

[loxety]

Antennae are designed for specific frequency bands so a CB antenna, while it may work, is not going to be better than one that's made for the job.

Correct, and it is possible to burn out the reciever in that wireless card. Check out this book http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Antenna-Handbook-Joseph-Carr/dp/0071374353/sr=1-1/qid=1159105905/ref=sr_1_1/102-8063066-2088940?ie=UTF8&s=books Practical Antenna Handbook by Joseph J. Carr.

 

[GlobalFear]

Try this place: http://hyperlinktech.com/web/antennas_2400.php

 

[tacticus]

look at making one of http://www.trevormarshall.com/waveguides.htm really bloody awesome

 

[FLECOM]

Ok so me and few freinds where cruisning around the neighbor hood and came across a trash with a CB radio setup. We took the antenna and stuck it on the car as a joke and I said I wanted it. I've been driving around with it for a day or two now and I was wondering could I somehow rigg this upto my WRT54G wireless router as an antenna to maybe gain some wireless distance? I see these 50-70 dollar 7db antennas at the store and thought theres gotta be a cheaper way.

short answer: no

long answer: hell no

CB is down in the 27Mhz band, 802.11 is in the 2.4ghz band... thats 27Mhz vs 2400Mhz... slightly different