Steve Wood wrote :
> Brian on Harnser wrote:
>> Graham Keens formulated on Tuesday :
>>> Brian on Harnser wrote " About an hour ago I ordered a 5 meter one. "
>>>
>>> Blimey, Jannock has a 10 metre one for use on the TV aerial pole.
>>>
>> How long is your mast? I was trying to keep the lead as short as
>> possible due to power volt drop. The dongal came with a split lead to
>> pick up power from 2 usb ports. Due to my lead I am only using one.
>
> Passive USB cables (the ones without a power supply) only work up to 5m.
> Active ones (with power) can be daisy-chained up to more than this.
> Having said that I have proved with my Huawei E220 that shorter USB
> cables give much better performance.
I take it that this requires another power supply from somewhere
>
> Have you considered using a short cable and wi-fi inside the boat? There
> are several off-the-shelf options available now so the reprogramming of
> routers discussed on here last year no longer has to be done :-)
>
Not a lot of help with the dongal up the mast unless I don't
understand. My dongle is a ZTE which has a aerial socket on it but I
have read that this does not improve 3G The cable that came with it has
2 USB A plugs and one mini plug and is about a foot long.
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