Gotta have heart....

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bi-quads also work well for bouncing... If you need a loan on a .5W bi-directional amp and 24dbi dish let me know.... the LRM 600 @ 50' is not for sale but if you need it LOAN is the keyword... all N connectors but SMA adaptors are in my box of stuff.... This is not an open offer for PL members just Steve.

-Adam

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bi-quads also work well for bouncing... If you need a loan on a .5W bi-directional amp and 24dbi dish let me know.... the LRM 600 @ 50' is not for sale but if you need it LOAN is the keyword... all N connectors but SMA adaptors are in my box of stuff.... This is not an open offer for PL members just Steve.

-Adam

If I stay here another month, I may take you up on the BDA as I want to try to link into work 8 miles away.
The land here is flat, but there is a 50 foot tall expressway between me and work. When I look at the path elevation software, it doesnt gook good, prehaps marginal.

Steve

[Diachi]

ALLTHAT, dont worry, not getting that feed probably saved me major problems by letting me know I had another one. Long, story, I'll reply in a PM.

I have a solution to the internet mess, its a 11 element home made YAGI antenna. Glued to a cheap"G" usb stick on a extension cable. Increasing the TX power doesn't buy you much at RF, but increasing the antenna directivity does. Since I didnt increase the TX power, I'm still legal, up to a point.

I bounce off a large steel building into a node a half mile away. I do my main INET work at work and then in the evening, for text based stuff like PL and email, I wait till late at night and use the "borrowed" node. They know I'm doing it. Its spotty without a diversity system on my end, but it works if I lie on my bed on my side and "actively" hold the antenna up at full reach and steer it for the path modulation caused by passing trucks, snow, localized inversion layers, etc...

While I don't suggest building big yagis unless you have decent RF gear, these work well

http://www.wa5vjb.com/ The 2.4 Ghz WA5VJB yagi on a PCB is like 6$ and worked well for my first try, I wanted more gain and went to a home made one.

The secret is using LOW LOSS hardline coax type UT141 or soft coax type LMR400 between the antenna and the device your modding. Keep the coax short, less then a foot. SMA and other type connectors are hard to do right with crimp tools, so its best to find a surplus piece of UT on ebay and trim it. Even the size of the solder joint at 2.4 ghz matters. .085 hardline will work OK, but keep it under six inches.

NEVER SAY DIE!!!!

Steve

Glad to hear you are okay! I sent you a PM, but please don't worry about it if you don't have the time!!

Didn't EVER think I'd here anyone talk about wireless internet like that, I'm once again impressed!