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Garden Office Wi-Fi Bridge vs Fibre Calculator

Determine whether an outdoor Point-to-Point (PtP) wireless link, direct-burial Steel Wire Armoured (SWA) Cat6, or pre-terminated Fibre Optic is optimal for your garden pod, summer house, or workshop.

35m
Typical UK garden offices are situated 15m to 50m from the main house.
Engineering Diagnostics
Fresnel Zone 60% Clearance Radius
0.72 metres
Required obstacle-free airspace corridor at midpoint
Estimated Trenching Labor Cost
£1,050
Based on lifting patio flags & excavating to 450mm depth
Recommended Topology
60GHz Wireless Bridge
Zero garden disruption, 1 Gbps full-duplex speed, < 2ms latency.
Why Earth Loops Matter: Copper Cat6 between separate buildings on different earth rods can carry dangerous circulating fault currents. Fibre optic or wireless bridges provide 100% dielectric isolation.

Fresnel Zone Trigonometry & Outbuilding Physics

Point-to-Point microwave radio does not travel in an infinitesimally thin laser beam; it expands into an elliptical football-shaped envelope known as the first Fresnel zone. The radius ($r$) at midpoint distance ($d$) for frequency ($f$ in GHz) is given by:

r_mid (metres) = 8.657 × √[ d_km / (4 × f_GHz) ] | 60% Clearance Required to Prevent Attenuation

60GHz Millimetre-Wave vs 5GHz: At 60GHz, the wavelength is only 5mm. The Fresnel zone is exceptionally narrow (< 0.5m), allowing millimeter-wave links to pass through tight gaps between eaves and fence tops with zero multi-path reflection or Wi-Fi channel congestion.

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ADI Communications Open-Source Engineering Stack

Free, mathematically verified trade calculators, BS EN 62676-4 video surveillance models, and Pennine 90mph storm-rated mounting telemetry engineered by Gary Pearce (25+ years hands-on trade experience, £10M Public Liability Insurance).

Engineering Citation & Attribution: All interactive models, load calculations, and impedance charts are maintained by physical installation engineer Gary Pearce for ADI Communications. Equipment conforms to British Standard BS EN 62676-4 (video surveillance), BS 6701 / BS 7671 (telecommunications and electrical cabling), and CAI benchmarked double-shielded copper standards.

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