Fractal Antenna

[Ice2Cool]

Has anyone here ever tried making a fractal antenna?

A fractal is a geometric shape which repeats itself - when used in antenna design it supposedly provides a 20% improvement over normal conventional antennas. Cellular phones without external antennas usually have a fractal antenna - theyre supposed to be better in that they receive a wide range of signals (bluetooth, wifi, evdo etc) all in one antenna.

So - has anyone ever tried one? Theyre not too hard to make - thinking of making one this weekend...

Go to instructables.com and theres a guide - altough im not sure if the person in the video is making one aimed @ evdo applications, since obviously the wavelengths are different and hence the size will be different for 800mhz applications.

 

[Next Thing]

tbh I dont think the poor speeeds are all antennae related.
With some of the tests that I have done , I can improve latency etc , but the overall speeds stay the same.
I think their towers are just congested and they have not actually planned their network properly.

 

[Ice2Cool]

That is true but i think its a factor of both. Lots of people here who are complaining of poor speeds and high latency are experiencing spikes in their connection. Looking @ the drc u usually see if jumping from 0 to 2.4mbps or the like. This kills your speed and latency while making u think u have a good connection. A good antenna fixes this - thats how im getting sub 80ms pings on my neoflex. I am on a perpetual quest however to get my DRC up from 2.4 to 3.1 =) Plus its not expensive to make this antenna, a bit of solid core copper wire, some time, reflective plastic, a resistor, and a few connectors from poynting. Should cost more than R200 - R300