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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014-03-23 15:25, Dean Gibson AE7Q
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014-03-21 18:05, Dean Gibson AE7Q
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Pending a permanent installation, I now have the antenna outside
my 2nd story window (pictures pending), hanging from the 2nd story
rain gutter (plumbing PVC piping/fittings make excellent mounting
fixtures!). This has resulted in about a 5dB increase in signal
strength. [...] Now I do not have to leave the window open ...<br>
<p>-- Dean AE7Q<br>
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Antenna inside (-89dBm):<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-1.jpg">http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-1.jpg</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-2.jpg">http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-2.jpg</a><br>
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Antenna just outside the window (-84dBm):<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-3.jpg">http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-3.jpg</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-4.jpg">http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-4.jpg</a>
-- God left a gap in the (many) trees, right in the path to Paine
field ...<br>
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The initial outside location, from the street ...<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-1.jpg">http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-5.jpg</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-2.jpg">http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-6.jpg</a><br>
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Move the antenna 8 feet east for a 9dB signal strength increase
(-75dBm = three green lights (power/ethernet + two signal "bars")
...<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-1.jpg">http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-7.jpg</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-2.jpg">http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-8.jpg</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-2.jpg">http://www.ae7q.net/media/5.9GHz-9.jpg</a><br>
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The nice thing about the mounting, is that there is NO attachment to
the house, which makes adjustment trivial (sliding the mounting
hooks in the rain gutter). Even the Ethernet cable goes through
pre-existing screening in attic vents. The whole thing can be
removed from the house without a trace in 20 minutes (10 minutes, if
one is young and agile, which I am neither). It's (reasonably)
light-weight (another plus, for the same personal reasons).<br>
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Bart -- you are free to use the pictures in your MicroHams talk
tomorrow.<br>
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