Nick - Surrey, BC wrote:

> After reading some of Jeff's posts back to 2004, I decided to try the
> link he posted for http://www.freeantennas.com. I cut out the
> template and glued tin foil to the back side. I then glued a laser
> transparency to the backside of that. I took care to do it very
> accurately.
>
> My house is three stories. I have a rental suite in the basement
> (which is partially underground). My renter, Ed, is at the farthest
> point from my wireless router. I'm top north corner and he is bottom
> south corner. After placing the "Windsurfer" antenna on each of my
> linksys poles, my signal went from two bars on my laptop on the second
> floor to 5 bars. Ed phoned me around 7 tonight and asked if I'd done
> anything to the internet. I told him about it. He says he has
> doubled his signal strength and is getting speeds of about 8 - 9 MB/
> second. He says there is no fluctuation in signal as he would
> normally experience.
>
> This is the best 50 cent solution I've every had!
>
> Thanks to all who talked about it.
>
> Nick

That reflector design by Michael Erskine really works well.

I made up a free-standing variation for a PCI card antenna using the
EZ-10 template.

http://users.picknowl.com.au/~gloaming_agnet/ant1.html

I can easily detect usable signals from neighbouring houses as far as
150 meters away - without putting the antenna anywhere near a window in
my double brick wall house.

I'm not surprised at the results you achieved.

I take it you had the antennas orientated downwards towards the lower
floors?

Cheers

Rob





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