The stand came in and the included o ring clamp worked great!
Went into the base station’s configuration to see if I can amp up the power on the antenna. Found a snag. the MikroTik hap 2 ap maxes out at 2.5dBi
Antenna |
Type |
Best use |
Signal use |
Location |
Max Range |
2.5 dBi |
Omni directional |
USB adapters |
Receive |
Indoors |
300ft |
5 dBi |
Omni directional |
USB adapters |
Receive |
Indoors |
500ft |
7dBi |
Omni directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Indoors |
800ft |
8dbi |
Omni directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Outdoors |
1500ft |
9dbi |
Omni directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Indoors |
1200ft |
9dBi Panel |
Directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Indoors |
.25 miles |
11dBi |
Omni directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Outdoors |
.25 miles |
14dbi |
Omni directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Outdoors |
.4 miles |
Yagi Cantenna Tripod 14dBi |
Directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Indoors |
2 miles |
Yagi Cantenna |
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Mount 14dBi |
Directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Outdoors |
3 miles |
Panel Tripod 14dBi |
Directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Indoors |
2 miles |
Panel Mount 14dBi |
Directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Outdoors |
4 miles |
Dish Grid 19dBi |
Directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Outdoors |
5 miles |
Parabolic Grid 24dBi |
Directional |
Routers/Adapters |
Receive/transmit |
Outdoors |
8 miles |
At 300ft I’m not even remotely getting to the street level given the density of the walls. I did find an old 2.4Ghz dlink that allows me to use any common female RP-SMA connected Antenna and has two 11dBi. Down side is the antenna in the studio is only 5Ghz.
I might have to look into hacking up something with a Coffee can for the base station, buy a second setup and hope I can broadcast through the walls with the second antenna, or come up with a different solution.