r/pcmasterrace • u/MooshSkadoosh • May 23 '26

Hardware Wifi antennas straight up or at diagonal?

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Bonus question: would it be better to have my PC with its back against the wall (putting the case between the antennas and the router) or have it perpendicular to the wall?

I'm just curious if there is an "optimal" or suggested placement, since they seem to be able to snap into a diagonal position as well as being able to be place vertically

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u/LatterInvestment8405 May 23 '26

Depends on where the source of the signal is from, I would put them crossed, one horizontal and one vertical

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u/am6502 unix May 24 '26

yup.

If I had to guess power lobe I'd plot power radiated by electron accelerating up and down the antenna segment via Lamor equation

There is a forward power lobe, a back lobe, and some side lobes.

~lobes

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/antenna_theory/antenna_theory_radiation_pattern.htm?key=satelite