tdappleman
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- Dec 17, 2007
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- Boat Info
- 1996 270 Sundancer
- Engines
- New twin 4.3's - 235hp each with Alpha 1 Gen 2 Drives
Maybe it's just an issue with Four Winns...
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The short answer is beam coverage. Think of a flashlight shining from a fixed point on the boat toward a fixed point on shore. As the boat bobs around the beam from the flashlight would shift above and below the target location on shore. The pattern from a typical WiFi antenna is roughly donut-shaped, a circular 'beam' from the antenna. The higher the gain antenna, the more narrow a vertical beam width it's likely to have. As the boat bobs around that narrow beam pattern can shift enough to lose reliable contact with the base station. But if you go with an antenna that has a wide vertical beam width it often loses any decent distance coverage.
Marine satellite TV deals with this by having a motorized base actively re-aiming the dish.
Marine satellite TV deals with this by having a motorized base actively re-aiming the dish.
Oh, and you're still a jackass Gary.
I'm out back in the hot tub with 5 naked guys.... still working!
i'm out back in the hot tub with 5 naked guys.... Still working!
I'm out back in the hot tub with 5 naked guys.... still working!
The short answer is beam coverage. Think of a flashlight shining from a fixed point on the boat toward a fixed point on shore. As the boat bobs around the beam from the flashlight would shift above and below the target location on shore. The pattern from a typical WiFi antenna is roughly donut-shaped, a circular 'beam' from the antenna. The higher the gain antenna, the more narrow a vertical beam width it's likely to have. As the boat bobs around that narrow beam pattern can shift enough to lose reliable contact with the base station. But if you go with an antenna that has a wide vertical beam width it often loses any decent distance coverage.
Marine satellite TV deals with this by having a motorized base actively re-aiming the dish.
Oh, and you're still a jackass Gary.
I might have to give up on helping people in this thread as it seems every time I post wkearney99 tries to "One Up" me or something.
Gary can you explain to me why when I drive down the road at 90mph that the wifi connection in my laptop is still able to pick up hotspots. According to Bill that's not possible or maybe my truck is not bobing around enough.
I bet Bill has problems with his GPS too when he bob's around in his boat if he even has one.
If anyone want's real computer/wifi/internet help just PM me I don't need trolls tring to One Up me every time I post.
Can we get wkearney99 changed to OneUp?