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Justin C[_35_] Justin C[_35_] is offline
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In article , Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:01:47 -0400, "JR" wrote:

Just curious here, how do you connect the cantenna to the laptop?

I have a wifi - USB converter that connects to the antenna probe
using a tiny UHF connection and then USB to the computer. This works
up to about 10 ft. after that there is too much signal drop in the USB
connection. If I ever finish the 4 ft. dish I'll use a wifi to
Ethernet and then Ethernet to USB at the computer. That should allow
me over a hundred ft.


That's gonna be quite some windage at the top of the mast!

Justin.

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