So I bought an antenna off ebay, bought a router, and got everything set up, it worked for about two days then quit. signal was around 42 most of the time, still wouldn't transmit or receive. Messed around with it a little and it started working again, signal even increased to 50. Now, two days later, it fell to the 20's again.
Yagi antenna:
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Yagi signal level:
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Paper and foil combinaiton placed onto antenna:
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Signal level:
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This worked well enough for me to get a copy of the windsurfer "blueprints". Really didn't work very well though.
Wifi Windsurfer assembly installed:
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Signal when last checked (around 12:30 AM 05/11/11:
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So, i'm just wondering if anyone knows why a windsurfer would be performing so much better than a 16 dbi yagi antenna. I don't know a lot about this and I haven't been able to find an article that breaks it down so I can get it.