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hellosailor · 20-03-2009, 13:58

IIRC some of the "barbeque grill" parabolic antennas are now down in the $50 price range with 24db of gain. That's an awesome weapon to have available if you are looking to grab a distant wifi connection. So, you can only use it while you are not moving, and you'll have to swing it a bit every time the boat swings around. But if you're looking to grab distant points and weak signals...nothing else is going to compete with it.

20-03-2009, 13:58	#57
hellosailor Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,993	IIRC some of the "barbeque grill" parabolic antennas are now down in the $50 price range with 24db of gain. That's an awesome weapon to have available if you are looking to grab a distant wifi connection. So, you can only use it while you are not moving, and you'll have to swing it a bit every time the boat swings around. But if you're looking to grab distant points and weak signals...nothing else is going to compete with it.