Hawking RP-SMA TO RJ-SMA ( HAC7SS )

by Hawking Technology

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 3.9 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000DIESO
• Item model number: HAC7SS
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,869 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #30 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Networking Products > Modems
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 24, 2003

Product Description

Hawking Antenna Extension Cable HAC7SS Cables

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real help if your wireless network antenna has problems in its present location, January 11, 2007

By 

Keith Joseph (West Berkshire, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hawking RP-SMA TO RJ-SMA ( HAC7SS ) (Personal Computers)

This is a tough, thin (~3.5 mm) all white extension cable to move your router or PCI card SMA thread ['g' or 'a'] wireless antenna up to 2.13m (6 foot) away from your PC or router. Being white it is very unobtrusive. I use it with the tall chubby DWL 50AT SMA antenna (Hawking etc. make similar) that is a direct replacement for the tiddly SMA one that comes with D-Link, and other, routers and PCI cards. This cable has a standard SMA (one male/one female) fitting, so it easily fits in between the antenna socket and antenna. All fittings are gold plated.

Using a simple signal strength meter I found the strongest nearby signal location to the PC. To do this you need something like the Kensington 'WIFI Finder Plus' that has a 6 LED strength meter. Using this Hawking antenna extension cable I have now put the wireless antenna 4ft above the PC monitor where the signal is very strong at 4 LEDs (dropping to 2 LEDs occasionally) compared to zero to 1 LEDS at the back of the PC. I now have a 54 Mbps (full strength/fastest speed) wireless network all the time with few drop-outs. So if your wireless network isn't running at full speed or frequently drops out, try some high gain antennas, a WIFI strength meter and one or two of these Hawking extension cables. It's a lot cheaper and easier than re-investing in new MIMO or Pre-N hardware.

I bought my Hawking extension lead from an Amazon reseller and it arrived promptly. D-link make a similar SMA extension lead to this and it is available on Amazon, but was a bit more expensive. This one worked very well for me though, is well made, and was very good buy as it was going cheap.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nobody else makes 'em, November 2, 2008

By 

Dorbel Tweeter "Howdy!" (Burnsville NC USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hawking RP-SMA TO RJ-SMA ( HAC7SS ) (Personal Computers)

as far as I know, this is the only such antenna extension cable for indoors. Works great if your wireless card/antenna is in back of the PC, down on the floor or in one of those lousy enclosed desk compartments -- you can use this to move the antenna up to top of desk where it has a chance of getting signal.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very useful, September 26, 2005

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Omar Suboh - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hawking RP-SMA TO RJ-SMA ( HAC7SS ) (Personal Computers)

you need it if you want to get the antina away from your desktop computer. but you need at least two of them!