T&T: Internet access

[Elliott Bray]

Tom,

I have the PowerMaxTM DA4000MR Mobile Repeater, the model with the interior
antenna that has to have the 20'+ seperation from the external antenna.

I too had just about given up on the system but decided to give it one more
try. I rerouted the interior cable and placed the antenna down in the office
on the boat, about 3 feet from the computer.  I use a tethered Motorola Q as
my internet access (Verizion). I put the phone close (about a ft) to the
antenna when I dial up. I guess that I usually get about 2 more bars than
without it. I am sure that we get connections that we wouldn't otherwise.

Upstate Michigan and the North Channel of Lake Huron are not just all broken
out with Verizion cell towers..<G>

HTH

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Elliott Bray
 M/V Letitia - Gulfstar 44 MC
www.loopcruiser.com
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> Message: 28
> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:06:58 -0400
> From: Tom Wadsworth <tbw at comcast.net>
> Subject: T&T:    Internet access
> To: trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com

> Thank you Bill
> I have a wireless Digital Antenna amp. I did ask DA if I
> could somehow  become a wired setup.
> I forget what the answer was but it was basically a
> disinterested no. What does work in the real world? Tin foil
> on a coat hanger will make a tv antenna so it cannot be all
> that hard It would be nice to see if there anyone out there with a
> working setup  of what I have.
> But I have to solve this now - I can always be 'right' about the DA
> setup later; maybe they have someone who can straighten me out but so
> far I have not found him.
> Tom