Antenna Solution!!!

Success!!! I made the Wet-11 parbolic reflector thingy, 240mm*120mm, Aluminium wrapped cardboard, with carboard frame, with UTD Iburst antenna poked through the focal point.

I've had 5 LED's ever since (I lie, occasionally it drops to 4 for a split second, then back to 5.) Downloading files from an international site at +-40KBs. Yesterday i could barly mustered 7KBs from the same site.

The caveat: Iburst has been so inconsistent, that to be certain that this has made a big difference will take a day or two to confirm. I might simply be in one of the occasional Iburst Nirvana phases.

But so far looking good! :cool:
 
BucK: Pics? Sure, later, when I get back home.

noone: I use Mozilla 1.7. Do mean using a downloading app - something like LeechGet? Will I get better results? Generally, or only on certain sites?
 
Gatecrasher said:
BucK: Pics? Sure, later, when I get back home.

noone: I use Mozilla 1.7. Do mean using a downloading app - something like LeechGet? Will I get better results? Generally, or only on certain sites?
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Try using flashget, can download from tucows, works great. You will get better results 98% of the time. :D
 
BucK said:
Try using flashget, can download from tucows, works great. You will get better results 98% of the time. :D
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Thanks, I'll try it!
 
Gatecrasher said:
Thanks, I'll try it!
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And then make sure you run your anti-spyware app.

From experience, Flashget is excellent except that the free version is bundled with Ad/spyware - Same thing with Download Accellerator (sp?). Getright, Leechget and Nettransport work just as well for me without the spyware risk.
 
gatecrasher,

good work with the scissors and paper :)

I made a similar reflector when I had MyWireless and it increased my signal by about 40%, so I'm pleased to see that it seems to work on iBurst.
 
Well, I had my best Iburst experience ever last night. It also helped that I was doing multithreaded downloads (thanks guys) using Nettransport. :) But signal strength remained at 5 LEDs almost all night. There was a period during the storm when it dipped for a short time, and I got a disconnect, but otherwise it was the information superhighway. My daughter playing an online game upstairs also commented that she experienced none of the usual stuttering and non-responsiveness.

I have little doubt now that the reflector has significantly boosted the signal. I have one painful test left to perform... remove it, and see if the signal and performance deteriorates back to where it was...
 
Nice work, lol @ soldering comment. :-)

Will definately give it a try later, I already ger 5 leds however I sure it could be better.

Will post reports here.
 
Nice work GC! Just one comment - perhaps consider using two frames so the reflector is always parallel with the antenna - these things are rather sensitive to the focus.
 
FawrIze said:
Nice work GC! Just one comment - perhaps consider using two frames so the reflector is always parallel with the antenna - these things are rather sensitive to the focus.
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Good idea. That way it won't slant away either. Anyway this is just a beta version! I'm also going to make some of the dipole type 2.4Ghz reflectors for my network.

Thanks for positng your stuff. It really has helped.
 
Hi

Thanks for the idea. Made a similar dish and my signal is now 5 lights!!!!!!!!!!!! It used to jump between 50 and 90%
Yep, the dish must be paralell to the antenna so it would help to support it.
Still have probelms with the Sandton tower ....

Thanks
 
Inbetween all the connection drops & problems I'm still experiencing, I actually completely forgot to mention that I constructed a parabolic thingy whatsit based on GC's pics.

Sadly whatever WBS have done [or failed to do] asof last Friday, the reflector of parabolics doesn't appear to make any difference in my case.

I am confident that when WBS get this particular problem sorted, I should be able to use the parabolic thingy to improve signal to either Bryanston-bs or Fourways-bs [allegedly coming very soon to an Indaba near you - not really near me though, so says a Jedi].

My only problem then will be that I have 2 base-stations that try fobbing my traffic off onto each other, and a directional reflector of parabolics - I will have to wait & see what happens.
 
Ok I constructed I little antenna myself (boredom kicked in on a Sunday morning)

I had 94% signal before, I now get 97% (averages ofcourse) So it does indead make a difference. :)

However without the parabolic I had 0% packet lose, I now get 3%. :(

Guess I just need to make a few adjustments to the focal point etc. ;)
 
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