Downstairs isn't too bad either, in fact the 900 mhz
cordless in Mom's room downstairs has quite a range.
We live on a hill top, and it works about a city block
going west down the dirt road, down hill, and about
half a mile from the house, I top the next hill, and
it works up there if I hold my mouth just right,
actually, I have to wear the headset, and hold the
phone up like I'm the statue of liberty, but it works,
analog phone.
--- Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> With antennas, I also have the same problem and I am
> on the second floor,
> but our house is brick and has very thick walls. On
> some repeaters I get
> into with no problem up stairs using my magmount and
> even some form out of
> the area, but downstairs forget it, and even the 900
> MHz phone that is
> downstairs doesn't work well upstairs.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: need advice on wireless connection
>
>
> > That's what I was thinking, houses in Phoenix are
> > mostly made of chicken wire and stucco. I've
> noticed
> > the difference with our wooden farm house here in
> > Kansas, I can get out real good on 2, 10 and 11
> meters
> > from inside antennas. If I go up in to the attic
> > though, forget it, I think the roof is metal. I
> know
> > the roof over the kitchen, which I could go walk
> on to
> > from my step dad's upstairs den, is metal,
> magmounts
> > stick.
> > --- Darrell Shandrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > I'm sure the construction of the walls makes a
> huge
> > > difference. If they're
> > > mostly just wood, plaster and such then the
> signal
> > > should go right through
> > > with a minimum of loss. If, however, there's
> lots
> > > of metal inside the
> > > walls, well, then, the signal losses will be
> huge.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 8:32 PM
> > > Subject: Re: need advice on wireless connection
> > >
> > >
> > > > Not sure,b ut they're on the same bands as
> > > everyone else, I think 2.4 gig.
> > > I
> > > > argued for hours with tech support on that 1
> day
> > > and they pretty much told
> > > > me it won't work well through walls, and my
> signal
> > > really is nowhere near
> > > > what it should be, I should cover my hole
> house
> > > easy and I can't do it but
> > > > with sohoware, I could cover the hole house
> easy
> > > on the worst day.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 4:51 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: need advice on wireless
> connection
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Could linksys be using 18 gigahertz or
> > > something? that
> > > > > why it doesn't go through walls well?
> > > > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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