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bukzin is currently offline  bukzin   United States
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This is an excellent article regarding cell amps/antenna
as well as internet signals.

http://www.jackdanmayer.com/communication.htm

Thanks to Jack Mayer for the write up.




Anyone have others along these lines?



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Re: Internet, cell phone etc. [message #106320 is a reply to message #106318] Sat, 20 November 2010 23:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Jack is a nice and knowlegable fella. I met him through the Escapees forum. Been reading his stuff for years and have learned a lot from him. He is right on the money when it comes to cell phones and the internet.
Dan


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Re: Internet, cell phone etc. [message #106324 is a reply to message #106320] Sun, 21 November 2010 04:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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WD0AFQ wrote on Sat, 20 November 2010 23:45

Jack is a nice and knowledgeable fella. I met him through the Escapees forum. Been reading his stuff for years and have learned a lot from him. He is right on the money when it comes to cell phones and the internet.
Dan


I'll second that. I read his article and found no technical errors. For a while I thought it was Dan writing the article under a different (ghost writer) name.

You should have come over to Blaine's today. Blaine and Dean did lower A-Frame bushings while Diane and I did floor scrubber in the Florida room. We even got the tire burn out marks off of the white floor.

It was a long day and I'm beat. I'm back home now.

Ken B.


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Re: Internet, cell phone etc. [message #106333 is a reply to message #106324] Sun, 21 November 2010 08:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ken Burton wrote on Sun, 21 November 2010 04:39

WD0AFQ wrote on Sat, 20 November 2010 23:45

Jack is a nice and knowledgeable fella. I met him through the Escapees forum. Been reading his stuff for years and have learned a lot from him. He is right on the money when it comes to cell phones and the internet.
Dan


I'll second that. I read his article and found no technical errors. For a while I thought it was Dan writing the article under a different (ghost writer) name.

You should have come over to Blaine's today. Blaine and Dean did lower A-Frame bushings while Diane and I did floor scrubber in the Florida room. We even got the tire burn out marks off of the white floor.

It was a long day and I'm beat. I'm back home now.

Ken B.

Yall should have called me. I did not know anything about it.
I think we are ready to roll west a week from tomorrow, depending on the weather.
Dan


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Re: Internet, cell phone etc. [message #106337 is a reply to message #106320] Sun, 21 November 2010 10:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Dan Gregg,

Do you have a link to your internet/cell set-up?

Regarding the equipment, if you were starting over (and not too
concerned about price) what would you get, which models, etc. ?

Thanks


Bukzin
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Re: Internet, cell phone etc. [message #106357 is a reply to message #106318] Sun, 21 November 2010 13:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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bukzin wrote on Sat, 20 November 2010 21:23

This is an excellent article regarding cell amps/antenna
as well as internet signals.

http://www.jackdanmayer.com/communication.htm

Thanks to Jack Mayer for the write up.
Anyone have others along these lines?



An excellent article. Covers most all of the information that Dan Gregg and I have worked out over the past few years about cell phones and air card reception. Dan finds one thing, I find another, and we both can confirm everything that is said in the article.

We both run Verizon Air Cards, Cradlepoint routers, Wilson or other amps, and Wilson antennas. As Dan says "life is good".


Rob Allen
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Re: Internet, cell phone etc. [message #106365 is a reply to message #106318] Sun, 21 November 2010 14:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Rob is correct. He is one great guy to have as a friend. He shares all of his knowlege with me, Rob that is. Jack shares his also and has checked everything that is available.
If I were starting over I would have saved a lot of money on wifi equipment, 2 amps, lots of LM400 coax, antennas, countless high power cards, etc.etc. Buy the usb Alfa for wifi and be done.
For our use the Verizon air card and wireless router is perfect. I have two cell phone amps, one for car and one for the GMC. Got a Wilson Trucker on the roof of GMC and a small mag mount on the Vibe. We have internet everywhere we go, except Rob's in Idaho. 60 bux a month, I hate it but I guess not enough to be without internet. We have two netbooks so we just throw one in and go. Teri shops, I surf the internet. Very Happy
Dan
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I always buy cell phones that have external antenna jacks. That must also be the case when buying an air card.


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Re: Internet, cell phone etc. [message #106375 is a reply to message #106365] Sun, 21 November 2010 16:14 Go to previous message
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WD0AFQ wrote on Sun, 21 November 2010 12:38

We have internet everywhere we go, except Rob's in Idaho.
Dan


Yea, poor Dan, when he and Teri visit me he has to use my Wifi from the Satellite system I have at the house. There are no cell towers that cover my area at all, so it is not the equipment we have that is the problem. I would dump the satellite system in a minute if there was Cell net reception.


Rob Allen
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