http://www.dslreports.com/forum/-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23281674 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:20:36 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:20:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23295213 said by Jim_in_VA:

I owe it all to watching "McGyvver" on tv ... like them home-made gadgets. Glad to see it worked for you. :)It's working very well indeed. As of a few speed tests just done recently from different sites, I'm getting around 2 Mb down, and 600 up. I think, if I didn't live in a trailer, which probably messes with the signal, I might not need any sort of antenna at all.

Thanks again for the instructions, Jim.

~Ann]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23295213 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:25:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23293268 --
... need help? »evdo-tips.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23293268 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:53:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23286277 said by RedNecker:

I thought you said you were not high tech and
Here you are making modifications to Jims antenna ;)
RedLOL! I'm not high tech by most people's standards. I guess I'm about as high tech as I can be, but on a practically zero budget. I can't even al it a shoe string budget, there is so little of it.

It's called just plain old desperation. I just couldn't take those upper -80's and lower -90's RSSI numbers and bad connections anymore. And, the tomato juice can was all I had to work with, since everyone buys their coffee in plastic around here, and our paint cans had, well, paint stil in them.

Anyhow, it's still working just so fantastically! Definitely out performs my cheap verizon bought suction cupped antenna hands down. I think the highest my signal has fluxuated today has been -81 for about two minutes. It's now usually a good solid -78 or -79., with speeds of 1.3 down and 600 up, give or take a KB here and there.

~ann]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23286277 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:07:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23283149 Here you are making modifications to Jims antenna ;)

Red]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23283149 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:02:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23281674
First, let me thank everyone who has replied to any of my various topics over the last few days. But, mostly, let me thank Jim in VA for his directionson making a "homebrewed antenna" which can be found at his blogspot site.

I admit to being just a tad bit skeptical, especially since I had to substitute a large tomato juice can for eithr a coffee or paint can. but it really works, folks. With just a very few exceptions I've noticed today, my signal has stayed at a constant 5 4 bars, RSSI of -79 -or 80, and an Ec/Io of 0 to -1.

I still plan to buy a professional antenna, but until I can get one, this was a great stand in, and I'm only using the thing indoors. If I wanted to try and mount it out of dorrs, it might get an even better signal, though I think my speeds are pretty much maxed out, and I'm happy with that.

Thanks again Jim for the step by step. I feel a little silly. There is now a shiny tomato juice can hung up with colored yarn in one of my windows. LOL! but, oit works great, and what an ice breaker for conversations.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/-Equipment-Coffee-Can-antenna-really-does-work-23281674 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:18:06 EDT