Saw a note about this in Popluar Mechanics and it sounded cool. New Hi-Gain Antenna arrived and is installed. Initial tests are AMAZING. Normally, my laptop (Averatec 3700 Series) gets one bar in the main room at my place. The wireless sending unit is in the other room, which is beyond a 6″ thick concrete wall. Plugged in the HField antenna after running the software, and unpointed (not aligned with the unit) it was getting two bars, and after I pointed it toward the signal, getting four bars (out of five). That’s a home run for me. As good as the digital cell signal booster I have in Bob the Bus. Something like$109 unless you are a student with an .edu address, then it’s $89. Great thing is that since it’s USB you could use it for your desktop! I’ll have more test results tomorrow after I run tests in the city apartment where we use random neighbors connections.

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