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I have a Wilson Electronics 75 Ohm Wide Band - 700-2500 MHz Directional Antenna with F-Female Connector That I purchased to boost my Cell reception. Since I believe this Antenna reaches the WIMAX range (2.5) I would like to test it with the Clear modem. The Clear modem (WIXFBR-117 ) does not have an external connector so I will need a pigtail to take it from the internal board to the F-Connector of the coax. Can you tell me what pigtail to order?
Phil
1) Clear WiMax (by Clearwire which is resold by Sprint and others) operates at 2500 MHz - 2700 MHz. Therefore this antenna that gets to 2500 MHz will not work well.
2) Do you mean FME connector or F connector? F connector is not designed for this high frequencies (this is the connector typically found with CATV or satellite RG6 coaxial cables). In fact for cellular antenna or WiMax modems the input/output impedance of the external antenna is almost always 50 Ohms so a 75 Ohm antenna would not work well at all -- impedance mismatch would lead to as much as 3dB loss (half-power loss).
3) The WIXFBR-117 internal printed antenna is connected to the PCB using a U.FL pigtail. You can get the pigtail from here: http://www.rfwel.com/shop/8-N-Female...e-Pigtail.html. This terminates in an N-female so you can connect it directly to an N-Male cable or use an appropriate adapter from here: http://www.rfwel.com/signal_improvem...n_adapters.php
4) We have a kit that includes the correct antenna, cable, pigtail and optional lightning protection for the WIXFBR-117 modem here: http://www.rfwel.com/shop/4G-USB-Mod...tenna-Kit.html