On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:12:04 +0000 (UTC), dold@05.usenet.us.com wrote in
<eu4b84$2c5$1@blue.rahul.net>:

>You might try a simple reflector. http://www.freeantennas.com EZ-12,
>printed on photo paper for thick stock, with aluminum foil glued to the
>sail, provides a substantial boost in signal.
>http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/EZ12-windsurfer.jpg
>http://www.rahul.net/dold/clarence/w...fer-dining.JPG The signal with
>the reflector is not only 13dB stronger, it's more stable.

More stable??? How and in what way?

>With 54g connections, I find that watching the "current bandwidth" in the
>Windows perfmon.msc is a pretty good signal indicator.
> start-run-perfmon.msc
> + Performance Object = Network
> Numbers agree with dslreports.
> + Performance Object = TCP
> "current bandwidth"

I personally find considerable difference between that and actual signal
measurements. My preference is to use a radio with good real-time
signal monitoring capability.

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