On 6/23/2012 9:29 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: > Where is the data to back up what was said on eham. It was one guy!
Roger that. We had a cheapie wireless router that might make it across the room on a good day. I asked on the NCCC list for recommendations for one that might cover the house, or at least the first floor. Several folks, all of whose info and opinion I respect, recommended a particular brand which I'll leave out since it isn't relevant. Reading the reviews on Amazon, there seemed to be two opposite poles. About 2/3 of the reviewers [there were 35-40 reviews total] gave it at least 4 stars, a number gave it 5, and had glowing words about how easy it was to set up, took them just a couple of minutes, and they can hear it on the moon. The other 1/3 gave it one star [or none], said it incredibly hard to set up, the control software was a disaster, they had to learn all about IP-tables, and the signal didn't make it out of the house. Trusting my friends, I purchased it. Don't know about the moon, but it covers the house, Andrea can now download books onto her Kindle in the living room at the speed of light. I walked around outside some with my smartypants fone and I get moderately good signals maybe 100-150' from the house. It took me longer to unpack it than it did to get it working, the software worked just fine, there were no IP tables [whatever they are], and everything wireless in the house, including the DirecTV HD DVR is happily connected. For all I know, the microwave might be too. :-) Had a similar experience on eHam with a GAP antenna. I finally bought it. Everything was/is just fine, it works great, and now I just need the KAT500 and I can have all my coax connected at the same time. So far as I can tell, all these reviews are just data. No information, just words and you never know the circumstances surrounding them. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
