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I picked up a hField wifi adaptor, the short review: it works great. On a Mac (Leopard) or PC (Vista support now) it greatly increasing the number and quality of Wi-Fi sites I am able to connect to, it’s basically a better USB based directional Wi-Fi adaptor that can get you a signal up to 1,000 feet away. I’m heading out for a few trips and will likely need to weez some Wi-Fi here and there so in addition to an EVDO card I’m hoping in a foreign land this will work out – Link & a couple photos.
hField Wi-Fi adaptor
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Friday November 9th, 2007 6:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Wireless | 6 Comments
Does that thing have a FCC ID number? If it does let us know so we can head over to the FCC’s website and view the internal photos and other tidbits.
I was going to ask you to crack it open and show us the guts. In light of your travel plans, beakmyn’s request seems more sensible.
I’m using a USB adapter with a DIY corner reflector. Other projects here and here.
fcc id: UILHFWFG10
Oh, it looks like hField only has the one product anyway. It was easy enough to find the FCC ID with the FCC’s website.
It is UIL-HFWFG10
So it’s a USB adapter with a u.fl pigtail to a 10dBi Yagi
No magic really just a high gain directional antenna.
Make:
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/site/default.asp?search=antenna&page=search&x=0&y=0
Here is what their FCC license says:
Power Output listed is Conducted. The antenna(s) used for this transmitter must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. End-users and installers must be provided with antenna installation instructions and transmitter operating conditions for satisfying RF exposure compliance.
The power output is 0.041 watts at 2.412 GHz.
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