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15-06-2009, 19:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Boat: 2004, Hunter 36
Posts: 90
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Long-Distance WiFi: Conclusion?
Ok 200 reply to this one !!!
What is the bottom line ? Can somebody just tell me witch one to order, I do not want to read all of this...as I need to scrape...sand...clean...and coat my teak on the boat
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15-06-2009, 19:56
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Antonio, TX/Bocas del Toro, Panama
Boat: 1990 Macintosh 47, "Merlin"
Posts: 2,869
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Dittos. Thanks all.
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15-06-2009, 23:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,450
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buy the Alpha 600w unit $50
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16-06-2009, 01:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cayuga Lake NY - or on the boat somewhere south of there
Boat: Caliber 35
Posts: 1,392
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i have a nanostation 2. a bit hard to set up but works great once its going.
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16-06-2009, 13:27
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Santa Cruz
Boat: SAnta Cruz 27
Posts: 7,198
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Alfa AWUS036H plus two 6 ft USB extension cables so you can put the antenna up under the dodger,and a plastic baggie to keep it dry.
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16-06-2009, 13:58
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,450
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best two 15' usb active cable and a bigger rubber ducky antenna I think 9db
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16-06-2009, 14:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: W Florida
Boat: Still have the 33yo Jon boat. But now a CATAMARAN. Nice little 18' Bay Cat.
Posts: 7,083
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Now it is all complicated again.
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16-06-2009, 14:31
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: North to Seattle
Boat: Cooper 416
Posts: 280
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16-06-2009, 17:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Canada
Boat: 2004, Hunter 36
Posts: 90
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16-06-2009, 19:26
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: British Columbia, Mexico
Boat: S&S Hughes 38
Posts: 837
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Get the Alfa 500mw 802,but get the Engenius 2408 Omni antenna,don't forget the N type male 10 inch pigtail connector,and 10ft. usb extension cable.Mount the Alfa under dodger (at antenna end).Make sure top of antenna clears over major clutter on boat.Total cost ,around $120..I get excellent results.
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17-06-2009, 05:51
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Shenzhen, China
Boat: Nauticat 42 (Jersey, U.K.)
Posts: 404
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highseas: is the pig-tail to link the omni antenna to the alpha 500?
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17-06-2009, 10:04
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: British Columbia, Mexico
Boat: S&S Hughes 38
Posts: 837
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Yep,10-4 ,male on both ends.
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17-06-2009, 17:47
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Pacific Ocean
Boat: Morgan 41 O/I
Posts: 49
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500 w ampli really worth it ? have my doubts
have a 19dbi directional antenna in santa barbara harbor. It is slow but powerful. I read all your thread about 500 mw ampli. I added one in line to my system
!! It absolutely makes no difference !!
will test with my omni tonight but i have a lot of doubts
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18-06-2009, 07:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Santa Cruz
Boat: SAnta Cruz 27
Posts: 7,198
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If you are at a dock, you can use a directional antenna, but when you are on the hook its a PITA. I get the same connectivity with the Alfa as with my Hawking directional wifi, but the Alfa I don't have to keep turning the antenna as the boat swings.
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18-06-2009, 08:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,450
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I have a 15db hawkings omni with the alpha, it works very good and no PITA
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