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Today's Topics:
1. ARISS Featured On Australian TV Show (Trevor)
2. North center scale (w7lrd(AT)comcast.net)
3. Re: Delfi over NZ (Alan Cresswell)
4. Kansas City Tracker/Tuner board (Stacey E. Mills)
5. Re: AO-51 V/S Mode (Ronald Nutter)
6. Dayton hotel rooms (Charles Reiche)
7. 2008 AMSAT-NA Symposium (Eric A. Cottrell)
8. Re: 2008 AMSAT-NA Symposium (Gould Smith)
9. Re: Dayton hotel rooms (Gould Smith)
10. Re: Dayton hotel rooms (Eric A, Cottrell)
11. Re: Dayton hotel rooms (Stephan Andre')
12. Re: AO-51 V/S Mode (Ben Jackson)
13. Re: ANDE FCAL new re-entry prediction (Mike Rupprecht)
14. Re: "Birdies" from Linksys Wireless router (Nate Duehr)
15. Re: "Birdies" from Linksys Wireless router (Nate Duehr)
16. Re: "Birdies" from Linksys Wireless router (jeff)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 22:53:54 +0100 (BST)
From: Trevor <m5aka(AT)yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS Featured On Australian TV Show
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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ARISS Featured On Australian TV Show
Amateur Radio recently got some good publicity when Tony Hutchison VK5ZAI
appeared in an interview on the Australian Channel 7 Today Tonight show.
The show was broadcast on the 11th April and provided some great insights as
to
how Tony and others over the years have provided support to Nasa and how
amateur radio helps to promote public awareness of the NASA space program
through school contacts with the astronauts aboard the ISS.
Read the full story and view or download the video from the WIA website at
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2008/20080504-2/index.php
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 22:10:46 +0000
From: w7lrd(AT)comcast.net
Subject: [amsat-bb] North center scale
To: AMSAT-BB(AT)amsat.org (AMSAT-BB)
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Hello
I need a North center scale for my G-5400B controller. I had one at one time
when I put in a S. center scale for AO-40 (sobsob). Somewhere burried within
the bowels of my ham shack the N. center scale is there. It will remain
forever lost (until I get another scale). I called Yaesu and they do not have
them! I know one of you has one and perhaps we can work out an arrangement.
As always thankyou.
--
73 Bob W7LRD
AMSAT member 28498
Seattle
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 23:34:52 -0000
From: "Alan Cresswell" <alancresswell(AT)xtra.co.nz>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Delfi over NZ
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <000201c8b164$1dedd170$0301010a(AT)Cresswell2>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi Bram,
I check out your Mission Status page but will also keep an eye on the BB.
Alan
ZL2BX
-----Original Message-----
From: Delfi-C3 Mission Control [mailto:missioncontrol(AT)delfic3.nl]
Sent: Thursday, 8 May 2008 22:19
To: Alan Cresswell
Subject: Re: Delfi over NZ
Alan Cresswell wrote:
> Bram
>
> Delfi off during the 2152 pass.
>
>
> Alan
> ZL2BX
>
Thanks for your continuous reporting Alan,
do you follow the amsat bb forum, Wouter Jan (PE4JW), one of the team
members, frequently posts updates on the satellite status there.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200801/msg02759.html
Bram
Delfi-C3 Mission Control
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 20:24:03 -0400
From: "Stacey E. Mills" <w4sm(AT)keplerian.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Kansas City Tracker/Tuner board
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org (Amsat Bulletin Board)
Message-ID: <1F.41.21278.6A993284(AT)smtp09.embarq.synacor.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
I've listed a Kansas City Tracker/Tuner board for sale on Ebay,
Item# 330234962668
Thanks.
-Stacey
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Stacey E. Mills, W4SM WWW: http://www.keplerian.com
Charlottesville, VA PGP key: http://www.keplerian.com/key
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 19:59:55 -0500
From: Ronald Nutter <rnutter(AT)networkref.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S Mode
To: "Allen F. Mattis" <afmattis(AT)hal-pc.org>
Cc: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <4823A20B.6000809(AT)networkref.com>
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Worked 3 stations tonight on AO-51 V/S. Tested out a new Mode S antenna
and setup since the move. I hope that AO-51 will be in this mode on
Field Day. I wish that AO-51 would be in this mode 1 week out of the
month. It is a nice change.
Ron
KA4KYI
Allen F. Mattis wrote:
> I had AO-51 all to myself this evening on the 0101utc pass
> 08-May-2008. V/S mode sounded great on the downlink with a 67 deg
> max elev pass here in Houston. Uplink was 145.880 MHz. I called for
> almost 10 minutes and heard no one else on the bird.
>
> Allen N5AFV
> Houston
>
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 21:02:56 -0400
From: "Charles Reiche" <reichec(AT)verizon.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Dayton hotel rooms
To: "amsat" <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <000601c8b170$6b44bea0$0201a8c0(AT)desk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I reserved a room with Martha, well not WITH her, but I Dont know which hotel
we amsaters are staying in, Since I am flying in a small plane to dayton, our
first real project will be to figure out how to get around...
Looking foward to my first dayton.
Thanks for any pointers for a newb if you have them to supply.
Charlie
N3CRT
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 21:59:38 -0400
From: "Eric A. Cottrell" <wb1hbu(AT)runbox.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2008 AMSAT-NA Symposium
To: amsat <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <4823B00A.3030304(AT)runbox.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Hello,
I am starting to do some vacation planning and wonder where the
Symposium will be this year?
73 Eric
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 22:33:44 -0400
From: "Gould Smith" <gouldsmi(AT)bellsouth.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2008 AMSAT-NA Symposium
To: "Eric A. Cottrell" <wb1hbu(AT)runbox.com>, "amsat"
<amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <19E336749DDC49B08EF1B9E3F2D9770B(AT)GouldMainPC>
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Hello Eric,
The 2008 Symposium will be in Atlanta, GA.
The dates I have are Friday Oct 24 - Sunday Oct 26. Board meeting Thursday
Oct 23 & Friday Oct 24.
Robin Cutshaw, AA4RC is leading the team in Atlanta.
There will be more information published soon after Dayton. Please watch ANS
and the AMSAT web site.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric A. Cottrell" <wb1hbu(AT)runbox.com>
To: "amsat" <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:59 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2008 AMSAT-NA Symposium
> Hello,
>
> I am starting to do some vacation planning and wonder where the
> Symposium will be this year?
>
> 73 Eric
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 23:07:04 -0400
From: "Gould Smith" <gouldsmi(AT)bellsouth.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Dayton hotel rooms
To: "Charles Reiche" <reichec(AT)verizon.net>
Cc: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <EE2380A1E43E4361BDA8B0918DD1C0BD(AT)GouldMainPC>
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reply-type=original
Hello Charlie,
Check out the AMSAT web site. It has the hotel information.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/2008/Hotel2008.php
See you next week.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Reiche" <reichec(AT)verizon.net>
To: "amsat" <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:02 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Dayton hotel rooms
>I reserved a room with Martha, well not WITH her, but I Dont know which
>hotel we amsaters are staying in, Since I am flying in a small plane to
>dayton, our first real project will be to figure out how to get around...
>
>
> Looking foward to my first dayton.
>
> Thanks for any pointers for a newb if you have them to supply.
>
>
> Charlie
> N3CRT
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 22:21:05 -0400
From: "Eric A, Cottrell" <wb1hbu(AT)AMSAT.Org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Dayton hotel rooms
To: amsat <amsat-bb(AT)AMSAT.Org>
Message-ID: <4823B511.5000003(AT)amsat.org>
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Charles Reiche wrote:
> I reserved a room with Martha, well not WITH her, but I Dont know which
hotel we amsaters are staying in, Since I am flying in a small plane to
dayton, our first real project will be to figure out how to get around...
>
>
> Looking foward to my first dayton.
>
> Thanks for any pointers for a newb if you have them to supply.
>
>
> Charlie
> N3CRT
Hello,
Call Martha to confirm the hotel name and address since the hotel used
has changed in the past. The hotel is usually near Wright State
University in Fairborn on or near Presidential Drive. It is not too far
from Wright Patterson and various military aircraft can be seen climbing
out if the wind is right. Fairborn is east of Dayton.
Hara Arena is in Trotwood, Northwest of Dayton.
Don't Panic. The Fleamarket can easily take over a day to go through.
It is better to do inside vendors on Friday as there is not the crush of
people like on Saturday and Sunday. There will be a lot of people
inside if it is bad weather outside regardless of the day.
I usually carry some water and snacks with me for the Fleamarket trek.
73 Eric
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 23:22:08 -0400
From: "Stephan Andre'" <andres(AT)msu.edu>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Dayton hotel rooms
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <200805082322.08997.andres(AT)msu.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On Thursday 08 May 2008 22:21:05 Eric A, Cottrell wrote:
> Charles Reiche wrote:
> > I reserved a room with Martha, well not WITH her, but I Dont know which
> > hotel we amsaters are staying in, Since I am flying in a small plane to
> > dayton, our first real project will be to figure out how to get around...
> >
> >
> > Looking foward to my first dayton.
> >
> > Thanks for any pointers for a newb if you have them to supply.
> >
> >
> > Charlie
> > N3CRT
>
> Hello,
>
> Call Martha to confirm the hotel name and address since the hotel used
> has changed in the past. The hotel is usually near Wright State
> University in Fairborn on or near Presidential Drive. It is not too far
> from Wright Patterson and various military aircraft can be seen climbing
> out if the wind is right. Fairborn is east of Dayton.
>
> Hara Arena is in Trotwood, Northwest of Dayton.
>
> Don't Panic. The Fleamarket can easily take over a day to go through.
> It is better to do inside vendors on Friday as there is not the crush of
> people like on Saturday and Sunday. There will be a lot of people
> inside if it is bad weather outside regardless of the day.
>
> I usually carry some water and snacks with me for the Fleamarket trek.
>
> 73 Eric
Its so hard figuring out how "best" to do Dayton.
The best deals in the flea market are usually there on Friday,
excepting for the flea folk who show up on Saturday. So if you
are into fleas, wandering around Friday morning is a good thing.
The outdoor area also opens up an hour earlier on Friday, at 8am.
If you are optimizing on a new rig, the inside is the place to be;
Eric is right in that its less crowded. If you are looking for a
popular rig then you really want to try and snag it on Friday.
Me, I never quite know which to do and use the weather as a guide
for what to do first.
Taking water with you is a good idea, I try to do what Eric does.
The food at the arena can be OK, but its expensive as most places
like this.
--STeve Andre'
wb8wsf en82
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 23:53:04 -0400
From: Ben Jackson <bbj(AT)innismir.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S Mode
To: Ronald Nutter <rnutter(AT)networkref.com>
Cc: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <4823CAA0.5070408(AT)innismir.net>
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Ronald Nutter wrote:
| Worked 3 stations tonight on AO-51 V/S. Tested out a new Mode S antenna
| and setup since the move. I hope that AO-51 will be in this mode on
| Field Day. I wish that AO-51 would be in this mode 1 week out of the
| month. It is a nice change.
Since we're talking about "good modes" another good mode is when AO-51
has it's 2nd repeater active. It very much resembles a V/S pass
crowd-wise. Normally 5 operators on there, tops.
- --
Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA
bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 08:33:46 +0200 (MEST)
From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(AT)mike-rupprecht.de>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ANDE FCAL new re-entry prediction
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <200805090633.m496XkHa000675(AT)post.webmailer.de>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Hi,
updated information and new plots on
http://dk3wn.info/sat/afu/sat_fcal.shtml
Thanks Jim, KG4QWC!
73, Mike
DK3WN
----- original Nachricht --------
Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: ANDE FCAL new re-entry prediction
Gesendet: Do, 08. Mai 2008
Von: Mike Rupprecht<mail(AT)mike-rupprecht.de>
> Jim, KG4QWC did make an prediction for re-entry. See
> http://www.dk3wn.info/images/FCal2008Apr13.gif
>
> 73, Mike
> DK3WN
>
>
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: amsat-bb-bounces(AT)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces(AT)amsat.org] Im
> Auftrag von Robert Bruninga
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2008 15:59
> An: 'Armando Mercado'; amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
> Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: ANDE FCAL new re-entry prediction
>
> > FCAL continues to be heard.
> > Space-Track now predicts entry to occur June 4.
>
> Current passes are in the dark in Northern hemisphere and during
> day in Southern hemisphere. So if there are any USA nightowls
> or pre-dawn risers, we need the telemetry...
>
> > ANDE FCAL SPHERE 2
> > 1 29667U 06055J 08129.47585782 .00273160 00000-0 11659-3
> 0 9378
> > 2 29667 051.6186 159.3029 0001625 000.2928 359.8620
> 16.22017515 80161
>
> Bob
> WB4APR
>
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--- original Nachricht Ende ----
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 00:58:18 -0600
From: Nate Duehr <nate(AT)natetech.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: "Birdies" from Linksys Wireless router
To: Amsat-Bb <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <A5B4DF49-96E3-4732-851C-F753D6C27B7D(AT)natetech.com>
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On May 6, 2008, at 4:58 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> The launch of Delfi-C3 has brought to my attention a very strong
> birdie at 145.930 MHz that clearly comes from the Linksys WRT54G
> Wireless router that sits in the shack. Forcing the wireless signal
> to another frequency/channel has no impact whatsoever...
>
> Anybody on the list have a clever solution (other than 'get a
> different router' or 'move it' or 'shut it off', etc...hi hi) that
> they may have used for a similar problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
Mark,
My Linksys WRT54GS annoyed the heck out of me with birdies, so I
replaced it with a cheap Netgear. Not a peep out of it, since then.
I liked having DD-WRT on the Linksys device a couple of years ago when
I was using it, but the Linksys is stashed away in a box for
"emergencies" and otherwise banned from my shack now, due to the RF
issues.
Ironically I had already tried the "power the house down to see if the
interference is local" and had decided it wasn't, and that I needed to
do some DF'ing... then I realized that the server and the WRT54GS were
on the UPS, which I had NOT shut off. (Doh! Smacks forehead...)
I did try briefly to do things like ferrites on the "goes-intas" and
"goes-outtas", etc... to no perfect effect. I could mitigate some of
the noise, but the thing was ultimately just too noisy. The wall-
wort for my particular model (there are something like six different
hardware models of the WRT54GS -- another annoying pattern of the
small router manufacturers) was just a transformer... whether or not
there was a noisy switch-mode power supply inside the Linksys, I
didn't investigate.
Someone else commented about using "quality Cat 5 and Cat 6 cable"...
since Cat 5 and Cat 6 are ratings for UNSHIELDED twisted-pair (UTP), I
have no idea what differing "quality" levels of cable would
accomplish. Ethernet via Cat 5 is SUPPOSED to leak signal. Someone
missed reading the standards, I guess. The comment made no sense to
me from an RF engineering perspective.
One possible "fix" for that type of noise could be to run Ethernet on
SHIELDED twisted-pair (STP) cable, and ground the "drain" wire at ONE
end (don't ground both ends, you WILL create a ground loop, and it
WILL drive you crazy... eventually) but it no longer will meet the
Ethernet specifications for cross-talk, etc. Frankly, it works --
but don't go doing it in the office or someplace where the network is
critical. They make special RJ45 connectors with metal strips
"wrapped around" the connector body that can be crimped in such a way
as to capture the drain wire, and that are built to ground to special
female RJ45 sockets... again, only do this on one end... and they were
usually used for things like telco T1 carriers that *are* specified to
use STP cabling in many instances.
I don't think the real noisemaker in the Linksys was the Ethernet
signal itself anyway -- it certainly leaked out of the cheap plastic
(virtually unshielded) case via the Ethernet cablilng, but the
Ethernet noise wasn't the problem. It was so cheap to try another
router, the "fixes" weren't worth my time. Easier to buy from Netgear
who's had a pretty good track record of actually building properly
shielded products, back to when their little switches, hubs, and other
devices were all in the "blue metal case", complete with a real ground
terminal and lug on the back-side, which is a "body style" they're not
making many of anymore...
Same thing with cheap plastic PC cases... noise galore leaking from
those, too. Makes one miss the days of steel cases and PCs you could
barely lift.
My IBM/Lenovo T43 provided by work throws all sorts of VHF crud,
enough to completely obliterate the front-end of my poor Kenwood TH-
F6A "broad as a barn door" receiver on most of the VHF band (IF mixing
perhaps), and the MacBook is more bearable, but the LCD backlight
system makes RF noise.
I guess with the ever-lowing price of fiber-optic based networking
gear... that's the ultimate in quiet, as long as you can keep the
routers/switches themselves from leaking crud... but that's definitely
overkill. Overkill is sometimes what we hams do best, however. I
have seen the photos to prove it. (GRIN) We are the only HOBBY
organization that regularly launches satellites... or so I'd like to
believe. (BIGGER GRIN)
Good luck killing off the Linksys RF interference gremlins. Netgear
highly recommended!
--
Nate Duehr, WY0X
nate(AT)natetech.com
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 01:07:45 -0600
From: Nate Duehr <nate(AT)natetech.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: "Birdies" from Linksys Wireless router
To: Amsat-Bb <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <5BE02949-BCF1-43CC-A8C5-18A37CEDCFFD(AT)natetech.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
On May 7, 2008, at 5:49 AM, jeff wrote:
> L/S no problem. I still run wire to my main computer and also
> downstairs in
> my house as it is much faster than the Wireless G. How much faster?
> According to Speakeasy speed test, wired 28212/2696 kbps, best rf (6
> feet
> away)10094/2646 kbps. BitTorrent notices a big difference!
What kind of residential service is that from? Only a very limited
few regions in the US have deployed cable modem systems that will go
that fast, and/or you're on something like Verizon FIOS (fiber
optic). Nothing in the ADSL "realm" even comes close to those numbers.
Otherwise, I'd say the number is inaccurate... or the result of
something being cached. Being that you're a 2-lander, you might be
one of the lucky few, though...
Try www.speedtest.net also, it's a little "smarter" than Speakeasy's
tester, but does require a Flash-capable web browser.
--
Nate Duehr, WY0X
nate(AT)natetech.com
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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 09:16:45 -0400
From: "jeff" <kb2m(AT)comcast.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: "Birdies" from Linksys Wireless router
To: "Nate Duehr" <nate(AT)natetech.com>, "Amsat-Bb" <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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Well Nate I tried speedtest and I still get good numbers...
24270 kbps down and 2583 kbps up
For comparasion purposes I also ran Speakeasy again..
24637 kbps down and 2582 kbps up.
So the two speedtest's show the same results. I did like the speedtest
site, it has a lot of good information. I see what your saying, I'm getting
better service then most people get around the country. And Comcast Cable
says they can give me faster access for 10 dollars more a month. What I have
now is more then I need, so I'm happy. I think my home being out in the
middle of no where in a mostly farmed 5 acre building lot zone has a lot to
do with it! The only thing I miss is 3G service for my cellphone, I can get
that 500 feet from my house, and almost everywhere else here on the Jersey
Shore. Also my Comcast cable system was installed in this area only about 8
years ago, so I guess it is fairly new, but hasn't been updated since then
as far as I know.
One more thing I didn't specifically mention is that of course I tried
removing the cables from my metal cased Netgear hub. The rf was coming from
the hub itself.
73 Jeff kb2m
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Duehr" <nate(AT)natetech.com>
> On May 7, 2008, at 5:49 AM, jeff wrote:
>> L/S no problem. I still run wire to my main computer and also
>> downstairs in
>> my house as it is much faster than the Wireless G. How much faster?
>> According to Speakeasy speed test, wired 28212/2696 kbps, best rf (6
>> feet
>> away)10094/2646 kbps. BitTorrent notices a big difference!
>
>
> What kind of residential service is that from? Only a very limited
> few regions in the US have deployed cable modem systems that will go
> that fast, and/or you're on something like Verizon FIOS (fiber
> optic). Nothing in the ADSL "realm" even comes close to those numbers.
>
> Otherwise, I'd say the number is inaccurate... or the result of
> something being cached. Being that you're a 2-lander, you might be
> one of the lucky few, though...
>
> Try www.speedtest.net also, it's a little "smarter" than Speakeasy's
> tester, but does require a Flash-capable web browser.
>
> --
> Nate Duehr, WY0X
> nate(AT)natetech.com
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