Offtopic: directional antenna for XO-1.75?

[scott at gnuveau.net]

Personally, I would vote for a Ubiquiti Nanostation or similar 
PoE based client over USB based ones.

On Wed, 23 May 2012, Martin Langhoff wrote:

> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:10 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
>> You can achieve a significant gain by making the antenna higher,
>> especially if you need to get past anything in the fresnel zone, such
>> as the masts of other boats or restaurant windows.
>
> OK. I'll try to get an ext usb wlan with a long cable, and I'll hoist
> it as high as possible, as far from masts and stays as possible.
> Gonzalo was suggesting sticking the wlan device in a wokfi, but I
> won't be able to aim it.
>
>> You might also consider two XOs connected by ethernet cable.  One on a
>> mast, one down below.
>
> Heh. XO on the bosun's chair.
>
>> (I'm an ex-sailor ... there's no large bodies of water out here).
>
> Come join us! Large catamaran, BVI. What could possibly go wrong? ;-)
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
> m
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