Wireless from yacht to marina

[tudorsailor]

I wonder how many people try to connect their laptop or onboard PC to the the local wireless network and find the signal too weak. I have just bought this aerialand it works a treat. In Ocean Village MArina I had the aerial next to the chart table and pointed it to the cinema and found an unencrypted network

TudorDoc

 

[shmoo]

The picture on the site doesn't show how big it is?

 

[ruff_n_tumble]

You can get a rough idea from the size of the USB connector

 

[Richard10002]

Or cheaper at maplin

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=49125&doy=20m3

Quite liked the look of it at Maplins, but I've already got 2 adaptors and a flatenna.

 

[bumblefish]

When I went through the links the Maplin price was 59.99 and the broadband buyer 53.92, how is that cheaper?

 

[Richard10002]

It isnt! When I looked I'm sure it said £49.99, but I could have been wrong

 

[captainhaddock]

It was definitely £49.99 at Maplin last night when I looked after reading the original post from Richard, but when I tried to order it this morning, it has gone up by £10. Intriguing!

 

[Robin]

I too looked last night and it WAS £49.99 but now gone up by £10.

 

[[3889]]

Or for £5 for the practically minded.

 

[Richard10002]

Beginning to doubt myself for a moment there <g>

 

[bumblefish]

Do you think the web site software is good enough to register a significant change in hits for a given item and up the price? Supply and demand!

 

[NorthernMonkey]

Do a search on ebay for 'yagi' and you can get them for a lot less than £50

 

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I wonder how many people try to connect their laptop or onboard PC to the the local wireless network and find the signal too weak. I have just bought this aerialand it works a treat. In Ocean Village MArina I had the aerial next to the chart table and pointed it to the cinema and found an unencrypted network

TudorDoc

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I read these with interest ...,as I have about 100m from my wifi unit in the house to my boat mooring in my canal ... so hoping that I can sort connection there ...