Bill - Of you or anyone else is interested in the "official" 5 GHz antenna and Mikrotik radio/router, I have a brand new version of each available for what I paid for them. You'll save freight and won't need to worry about backorders. I assembled and configured these; however they were never installed. The specifics are as follows: 1 Metal5SHPn Mikrotik radio/router: $99.00 (save $7 shipping) 1 Poynting 4.9-6GHz 31dBi Grid antenna $81.00 (save $16 shipping) 73, Mike WA9QHP -----Original Message----- From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Bill Vodall Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 11:26 AM To: Puget Sound Data Ring Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] 5.8 GHz patch antenna info? I'm in need of some gain antennas for my (HamWAN inspired) High speed 5.8 GHz backbone experiment. While I'm sure there's one in my future; the 30 db, $100 BBQ dish recommended is too big, too much gain and too many dollars. So - that brought me to the 20 dBi, $50 panels at Fab-Corp: http://www.fab-corp.com/home.php?cat=270 Potential candidates are the Echo Series 5.8 http://www.fab-corp.com/product.php?productid=2868&cat=270&page=1 And the tri-band patch: http://www.fab-corp.com/product.php?productid=3164&cat=270&page=1 Any known strong pro's or con's on either of these. Maybe one of each for experimenting? These will be driven with the 5SHPn or Grooves so the matching N connector is a requirement Thanks, Bill, WA7NWP _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.org/mailman/listinfo/psdr_hamwan.org