tome
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Good for you Budgie, though your message was garbled
Wifi long range antenna
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Vasari
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Hi, Vasari Technology Ltd (www.vasari.net) are about to import the WaveRV and the new Marine version into the UK within the next two weeks, there not on the we site yet, but if you need more info email alan@vasari.net or telephone Alan on 01275-874959
pessimist
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Be interested to know where you bought the "tail" to solder onto the Linksys board, or did you make it up yourself?
Cheers,
Colin
Cheers,
Colin
tome
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Em, downstairs in our workshop! We used them on some (now) obsolete GPS receivers which come in for upgrades now and again. Have a couple here - if you need one PM me an address as we chuck them out otherwise
Takes a fine soldering iron, magnifying glass with good lighting and steady hand!
Takes a fine soldering iron, magnifying glass with good lighting and steady hand!
pessimist
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Thats kind, but don't bother. We flog these units to the hotspot punters down in Dartmouth and it would have been nice to have modified a few for those above the higher ferry who I can't yet reach. Only being a tightwad really - would have save me putting in another relay point.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Colin
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Colin
Matrosen
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I have just made an antenna 'dish' using a stainless steel collinder. I've gone from a very weak signal that kept dropping to a good signal that works well.
ShipsWoofy
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What size of angle does your dish work through?
ShipsWoofy
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To give a further option ..
I have an aerial similar to Tomes. Instead of using an extended USB I decided to go the other way, I have a 5m length of LMR400 RF cable which is what the IT industry use . It is fairly stiff cable, but that also prevents you accidentally kinking it, which is fatal for RF.
Instead of an external USB wifi adapter I bought a pcmcia wifi card with an external aerial feed.
All up it cost me £85. I had nothing to start with so this is an all up cost. I have said before I would like to run mine alongside Tomes, not in a competition but out of interest to see if I have lost signal in my longer RF cable or he has with the extended USB. I prefer in some ways Tomes set up as he can keep the RF runs as short as possible. I did not go that way as at the time I thought the cost of the Linksys wifi box was too expensive.
I do think it important on a boat to use an omni-directional aerial rather than these dishes, on a mooring, the last thing you want to be doing it nipping out every few minutes to adjust the antenna. As we intend to travel the omni was IMO the best option.
I bought the main components from a company called solwise these consisted of..
Senao 11b p3.0 PC Card 2MMCX Skts (pcmcia card)
8 dB Omni Antenna
N Plug/MMCX 30 cm RG316 pigtail (to connect N type aerial plug to pcmcia)
Waterproof Boots for N-Type Connectors
I bought the LMR400 cable from Wireless Pro
Wireless is becoming more popular and some companies now seem to be building off the shelf solutions, but none of these appear to include omni-directional aerials, fine if you are always on a marina, not if the boat is prone to moving. I have not tried it yet, but given a coastal open wifi I could connect while swinging at anchor.
Hope some of this gives some help to people contemplating putting together a high gain external antenna.
I have an aerial similar to Tomes. Instead of using an extended USB I decided to go the other way, I have a 5m length of LMR400 RF cable which is what the IT industry use . It is fairly stiff cable, but that also prevents you accidentally kinking it, which is fatal for RF.
Instead of an external USB wifi adapter I bought a pcmcia wifi card with an external aerial feed.
All up it cost me £85. I had nothing to start with so this is an all up cost. I have said before I would like to run mine alongside Tomes, not in a competition but out of interest to see if I have lost signal in my longer RF cable or he has with the extended USB. I prefer in some ways Tomes set up as he can keep the RF runs as short as possible. I did not go that way as at the time I thought the cost of the Linksys wifi box was too expensive.
I do think it important on a boat to use an omni-directional aerial rather than these dishes, on a mooring, the last thing you want to be doing it nipping out every few minutes to adjust the antenna. As we intend to travel the omni was IMO the best option.
I bought the main components from a company called solwise these consisted of..
Senao 11b p3.0 PC Card 2MMCX Skts (pcmcia card)
8 dB Omni Antenna
N Plug/MMCX 30 cm RG316 pigtail (to connect N type aerial plug to pcmcia)
Waterproof Boots for N-Type Connectors
I bought the LMR400 cable from Wireless Pro
Wireless is becoming more popular and some companies now seem to be building off the shelf solutions, but none of these appear to include omni-directional aerials, fine if you are always on a marina, not if the boat is prone to moving. I have not tried it yet, but given a coastal open wifi I could connect while swinging at anchor.
Hope some of this gives some help to people contemplating putting together a high gain external antenna.
tome
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I wouldn't disagree with anything you are suggesting, there are several valid ways of achieving a good result. Especially agree that it should be omni-directional on a boat unless you want to be up and down fiddling with the damned thing
Richard10002
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Check this out. It made a helluva difference to the reception in my house with its thick stone walls. Flatenna
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Bought one of these, (ordered Monday, delivered Tuesday, and brought it to Lagos.
There are 3 access points here, HSP, HSP2 & HSP3. On my berth about as far as you can get from the main Marina block, I couldn't get a reasonable signal from HSP, and usually got the best from HSP3.
HSP was around 40%, and HSP3 around 50%-55%
Fitted the Flatenna on Tuesday night and immediately got up to 70% on HSP3 and, as Boingo only accesses HSP, I experimented a bit with direction, and now get 66% on HSP.
So, whilst it's just a few bits of stiff cardboard, (cleverly cut and scored), for £8 it's the dogs dangly bits.
I suppose other more substantial directional aerials will have a similar, or better result, this has got to be worth a try.
http://www.tritium.co.uk/Flatennaroot.htm
Richard
Check this out. It made a helluva difference to the reception in my house with its thick stone walls. Flatenna
[/ QUOTE ]
Bought one of these, (ordered Monday, delivered Tuesday, and brought it to Lagos.
There are 3 access points here, HSP, HSP2 & HSP3. On my berth about as far as you can get from the main Marina block, I couldn't get a reasonable signal from HSP, and usually got the best from HSP3.
HSP was around 40%, and HSP3 around 50%-55%
Fitted the Flatenna on Tuesday night and immediately got up to 70% on HSP3 and, as Boingo only accesses HSP, I experimented a bit with direction, and now get 66% on HSP.
So, whilst it's just a few bits of stiff cardboard, (cleverly cut and scored), for £8 it's the dogs dangly bits.
I suppose other more substantial directional aerials will have a similar, or better result, this has got to be worth a try.
http://www.tritium.co.uk/Flatennaroot.htm
Richard
dweeze
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Not sure if any of you will recheck this thread but anyway ....
Do any of you run a transceiver on your setup.
I'm running one of these http://www.quickertek.com/Quicky.php on a 8db external omni. Its a fairly low power transceiver and I get excellent pickup however want more and am considering getting one of these http://www.quickertek.com/1Watt_XCVR_PNP.php
What I am interested in is what sort of effect the 1 watt unit will have on the strength of the networks I can pick up. So with the 27Mw one I often get networks sitting around 30 - 50% which makes a connection fairly tenuous. The 1 watt comes with a longer cable so I should be able to get the antenna up to the first spreaders - but what I am interested in is the impact it will have on the send / receive strength of the networks I can already see. Any of you have experience ??
Do any of you run a transceiver on your setup.
I'm running one of these http://www.quickertek.com/Quicky.php on a 8db external omni. Its a fairly low power transceiver and I get excellent pickup however want more and am considering getting one of these http://www.quickertek.com/1Watt_XCVR_PNP.php
What I am interested in is what sort of effect the 1 watt unit will have on the strength of the networks I can pick up. So with the 27Mw one I often get networks sitting around 30 - 50% which makes a connection fairly tenuous. The 1 watt comes with a longer cable so I should be able to get the antenna up to the first spreaders - but what I am interested in is the impact it will have on the send / receive strength of the networks I can already see. Any of you have experience ??
