10-05-2006, 12:44 AM
[quote billb][quote Racer X]we were getting wireless signals out on Lake Washington from over a mile away to the nearest shore with just a laptop with card hooked up to a 9' antenna on top of the boat.
Oh, and most were named "linksys"
Hey, those are the ideal conditions the manufacturers use in their claims ! :-)
(manufacturers often double db ratings for a marine environment just because of the theoretical lack of terra impediments)
9db gain omni 9' tall antenna on the flybridge of a 30' Tolly, so it was maybe 22 feet in the air.
Oh, and most were named "linksys"
Hey, those are the ideal conditions the manufacturers use in their claims ! :-)
(manufacturers often double db ratings for a marine environment just because of the theoretical lack of terra impediments)
9db gain omni 9' tall antenna on the flybridge of a 30' Tolly, so it was maybe 22 feet in the air.