External Yagi antenna from Poynting~Oh yes!!!

[Big Kriss]

This ,I felt,deserves its own thread.
I have had a data card for almost 15months now.I'm officially just out of the official coverage area in Rynfield,Benoni..
This showed as Ive put up with 1 and occasionally 2 bars coverage signal here.As you can imagine,dropped connections,very slow downloads etc,etc..

I placed an order with Vodacom at Vodaworld ...mmmmm..lets see..A YEAR AGO for an antenna..I must say,my mate Carel has done his utmost to arrange this for me.
Anyhow,I Googled hsdpa and came up with a company called Poynting and they are in Wynberg,Jhb.
I placed my order via e-mail on Tuesday and received the LPDA-A001 Yagi antenna today.
I stuck it up on the roof earlier and pointed it in the general direction of the O`Reilly Merry tower.

WOW!! A full 4 bars signal strength first time out!And thats with 10m of cable!
I am very impressed with this product!
Thats from 1 ,occasionally 2 bars..!

The total cost was R811.78 and imo,the best money Ive spent this year..
Brilliant.!!

I'm unashamed in promoting Poynting for their product and they can be contacted at Annelise.nel(at)poynting.co.za
33Thora Crescent,Wynberg,Jhb
0112625155.

You will totally enjoy your wireless again.

[brad]

A similar antenna is available from Space TV branches around the country and also works very well. Price is under R500 including antenna, cbale and pigtail.

[C-People]

Cell C is currently offering the LPDA yagi antenna from Poynting free of charge, including installation to all our data contract subscribers.

[vodacom3g]

This ,I felt,deserves its own thread.
I have had a data card for almost 15months now.I'm officially just out of the official coverage area in Rynfield,Benoni..
This showed as Ive put up with 1 and occasionally 2 bars coverage signal here.As you can imagine,dropped connections,very slow downloads etc,etc..

I placed an order with Vodacom at Vodaworld ...mmmmm..lets see..A YEAR AGO for an antenna..I must say,my mate Carel has done his utmost to arrange this for me.
Anyhow,I Googled hsdpa and came up with a company called Poynting and they are in Wynberg,Jhb.
I placed my order via e-mail on Tuesday and recieved the LPDA-A001 Yagi antenna today.
I stuck it up on the roof earlier and pointed it in the general direction of the O`Reilly Merry tower.

WOW!! A full 4 bars signal strenght first time out!And thats with 10m of cable!
I am very impressed with this product!
Thats from 1 ,occasionally 2 bars..!

The total cost was R811.78 and imo,the best money Ive spent this year..
Brilliant.!!

Im unashamed in promoting Poynting for thier product and they can be contacted at Annelise.nel(at)poynting.co.za
33Thora Crescent,Wynberg,Jhb
0112625155.

You will totally enjoy your wireless again.

They are great antennas. You'll notice in the FAQ (in this Vodacom sub-forum) that there is a link to to Poynting and their antennas for about 2 years now!

[vodacom3g]

Cell C is currently offering the LPDA yagi antenna from Poynting free of charge, including installation to all our data contract subscribers.

I guess with such patchy coverage you need to give them away with every card.....

[Big Kriss]

V3g,I just did the ol db gain field strength test...a figure of 19-75Db..Im impressed!

[Syndyre]

I guess with such patchy coverage you need to give them away with every card.....

LOL! Classic. Especially because its true...

[dudleygb]

V3g,I just did the ol db gain field strength test...a figure of 19-75Db..Im impressed!

WOW, cool! I reckon I'm going to get me one. I'm also just outside of the official coverage area, living in D'Urbanvale in the WC. Can anyone tell me where the tower is closest to me?

By the way, the ultimate test! Hows the download experience now? I also get 2-4 bars but my download experience still sux a bit. Do tell!

[dudleygb]

A similar antenna is available from Space TV branches around the country and also works very well. Price is under R500 including antenna, cbale and pigtail.

Cool, got any more info about this?

[Big Kriss]

Cool, got any more info about this?

D,Id suggest if your looking at an external antenna,Go go big,go best and go with the highest gain antenna..
I looked at 6dB,8dB but decided on the 11 dB gain antenna.
If I could afford the 22 dB omni I would have.Overkill possibly,but that me.
I can now say that Ive swung the Yagi a few degrees and I now have a full 5 bars reception.Ive only ever seen that at the T junction below the runway at OR Tambo airport while driving with the laptop.ever!.

I am extremely happy with this antenna.
As for download speeds,the connections are now almost instantaneous and downloads happen quickly as well..
Downloads are faster but are dependent on the connected server or download server.Overall?? Yes,its all quicker and faster.
For the first time Im enjoying wireless..

As a test I did the signal strength test with the little clip on antenna as well.

Clip on -figure of 8-97dBm
Yagi -figure of 19-75dBm

What more can I say?

Brad,Im sure the other antenna`s are just as good.I can only give feedback on this particular one.
Perhaps you can tell us more on the others out there??

[brad]

Cool, got any more info about this?

Only got a pdf with more info - PM me an email address and I will email it to you. It is also an 11dBi antenna which covers GPRS and 3G and comes in a kit complete with antenna, 10m cable and pigtail for datacard.

[vodacom3g]

Only got a pdf with more info - PM me an email address and I will email it to you. It is also an 11dBi antenna which covers GPRS and 3G and comes in a kit complete with antenna, 10m cable and pigtail for datacard.

I'll bet a beer it's the same unit.....

[dudleygb]

Only got a pdf with more info - PM me an email address and I will email it to you. It is also an 11dBi antenna which covers GPRS and 3G and comes in a kit complete with antenna, 10m cable and pigtail for datacard.

cool, thanx, can mail me on [email protected]
thats my trash box email, so i dont care who gets to see it

[Big Kriss]

I know Im harping on about this...BUT...Im chuffed!
Its such a pleasure again...

[bekdik]

MTN sent me one free of charge too