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Rural Broadband - Wireless

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  • 02-10-2008 6:07pm
    #1
    barneysplash
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    Hi all

    My brother lives in Tullyallen Co. Louth.

    He has 3 pre-pay mobile broadband.

    He can hardly get a signal sometimes.

    Is there any way to amplifiy the signal he gets, I see
    some people using tin-cans and plastic tubes etc. to get
    a wireless signal.

    Thanks?


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    barnicles
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    What modem does he have?

    Does it support an EXTERNAL ANTENNA?


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    Headshot
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    barneysplash wrote: »
    Hi all

    My brother lives in Tullyallen Co. Louth.

    He has 3 pre-pay mobile broadband.

    He can hardly get a signal sometimes.

    Is there any way to amplifiy the signal he gets, I see
    some people using tin-cans and plastic tubes etc. to get
    a wireless signal.

    Thanks?
    http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=74155&cat=32

    cant say enough about the aerial mate


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    barneysplash
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    {(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote: »
    http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=74155&cat=32

    cant say enough about the aerial mate


    Anyone have any experience with this thing?


    Was kinda looking for someting I could knock together in me shed.

    The modem is the usb stick type, not the earlier yolk that looked like a mouse
    the casing is sealed, don't know if opening it would be a good idea.


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    Headshot
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    barneysplash wrote: »
    Anyone have any experience with this thing?


    Was kinda looking for someting I could knock together in me shed.

    The modem is the usb stick type, not the earlier yolk that looked like a mouse
    the casing is sealed, don't know if opening it would be a good idea.

    the mouse type modem is alot better than the stick one


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    watty
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    There is no efficent way of aerial on a modem with no socket. Change it for ANY model with a socket built in for external aerial.


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    JohnnieM
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    barneysplash wrote: »
    Was kinda looking for someting I could knock together in me shed.

    .

    How bout this then

    http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39259275,00.htm?r=1
    Please let us all know how you get on!;)


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    You have to point the dish at a mast and reduce the elevation by about 22 degrees. When dish is vertical it's actually doing signal at about 20 to 25 degrees upward, so dish should be tilted toward ground for horizontal reception.


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