Purchased this directional antenna a week or so ago and finally got it set up. I have it approximately 30 feet in the air in an area that gets little to no reception. I am beyond amazed at how much it truly helped out in signal gain and reception for my wireless internet. I have been trying for over a year to find the right combination of antenna with booster and cable, and finally I think I have it pretty well set up the best it can possibly get. Although calling my service provider that I have my service through to find the antenna tower nearest me did me no good, I was still able to find the best direction through trial and error of rotating the antenna 360 degrees until I was satisfied in where it is at now. A small angle off and signal will be effected which made it much simpler to locate the best 3G tower in the neighborhood, which isn't the one that it is suppose to be. Previously, I had been using an omnidirectional antenna about 25 feet up, but it still wasn't as good as reception can get and it seemed that the signal kept fluctuating too much. It was, with this antenna my signal stays full all the time with no loss what so ever. However, how high up you have the antenna DOES make a difference. I hooked this antenna up as soon as I got it and just pointed it all around and my signal still around where it normally was with my other antenna. It wasn't until today when I scaled my antenna tower to hook it up there that I'm cruising over 1Mbps on the internet now which is the amazing considering the best I pushed from it before was roughly 400Kbps. I recommend this antenna to those that are serious about getting reception in poor areas and are willing to put the work into setting it up for optimal performance.
Date Added: 02/20/2012 by Donald C. (Maunie, IL)
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