Q: What is the issue with cable signal losses?  A: The 2.4Ghz frequency is quite high and cables tend to loose or leak a lot of signal. The rule is to use the least cable needed for the job and use the thickest cable you can afford or run nicely through the room, through the wall and up a mast.  more

Q: Can you provide a bit more detail about coaxial cables or antenna cable? A: Coaxial cable (the type used to connect an antenna and a radio together) can be very lossy. We call this attenuation and it can eat up signal rapidly with cable length. Note that every 3 dB of signal is a doubling the power and... more