david_brighton
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Reged: 15/11/2002
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I asked at the 3 shop, but it would be prohibitively expensive in Croatia.
Altho very cheap in Italy, where there is a 3 network.
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Wightknight
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Reged: 30/10/2007
Posts: 46
Loc: South Wight
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I have a Wave RV antenna that is just great, its omidirectional with a gain of about 8db. I have picked up hot spots over 2 mines away whilst sailing past them... Im using it now to browse the web.
You can get the antenna from Budget Marine in St Martin for about $200
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hideaway
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Reged: 23/02/2006
Posts: 21
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I have a unit called ALFA which I got on-line from Allied Data for $65. It is an antenna, coax to card (3x2x1/4),usb to laptop usb.The CD has drivers for Windows and Mac, the range is at least 1/2mile (line of sight) and it is Omni. I hoist the antenna on the backstay and keep the card in the saloon, it dont seem to make a difference how high the antenna is however it will drop its single from time to time. Retuning takes seconds and away we go again for days. All the people who have seen the unit working have got themselves one. Free WiFi is the norm here in Florida, houses are large and most have routers so they can get on-line at the pool etc.Give it a look , all the best. Peter
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Metabarca
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Reged: 23/08/2002
Posts: 1537
Loc: Trieste, Italy
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Let me know how you get on, David!
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Sailing info for the Adriatic here: http://www.comoy.com/saillinks.html
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Amari
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Reged: 23/11/2004
Posts: 241
Loc: Suffolk/Turkey
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I use a Repeatit in Turkey. Limited experience so far but it strengthens marina wifi signals from 'poor' to 'excellent'. I use the laptop on saloon table and put the Repeatit through saloon hatch and change its direction by hand.
Couldn't get it to work until help-line advised me to disable my laptop's integral wifi
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Lemain
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Reged: 31/01/2004
Posts: 5975
Loc: Fiumicino canal (Rome, Italy)
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That's my experience. Repeatit has been a good choice for us but is directional and does need to be turned.
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charles_reed
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Reged: 29/06/2001
Posts: 4031
Loc: Central Mediterranean/Adriatic...
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of course, illegal to use someone else's ADSL connection without their agreement and at least two successful prosecutions have been made in London.
So, Rolygate, I would be wary of incitement to commit a criminal offence.
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rolygate
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Reged: 07/06/2007
Posts: 3
Loc: UK Kent, or living aboard else...
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I think it unwise to take light-hearted forum jocularity too seriously, perhaps a little sense of humour failure here. On the other hand it is encouraging to see that one's posts are read with extreme attention to detail, though a little worrying.
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Lemain
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Loc: Fiumicino canal (Rome, Italy)
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of course, illegal to use someone else's ADSL connection without their agreement and at least two successful prosecutions have been made in London.
So, Rolygate, I would be wary of incitement to commit a criminal offence.
I don't think that it is illegal in Spain. Is it in other EU countries?
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Metabarca
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Reged: 23/08/2002
Posts: 1537
Loc: Trieste, Italy
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Sure to be illegal in Italy: if you log on to a public wifi network (using your laptop in a bar, for instance, the bar has to take down your particulars). An extremely useful bit of anti-terrorist legislation. they must be trembling
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