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Is it possible for a non-radio ham and non-tekkie to connect to an outdoor public access point 10 miles away?

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Is it possible for a non-radio ham and non-tekkie to connect to an outdoor public access point 10 miles away?

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A new long range solution requiring no soldering connectors or RF cables, is to weather-proof (foam) and fix a USB wireless adapter so that the antenna element is at the point of focus of a satellite TV dish….. A plane “reflector” of 125mm dia. behind (spaced at 14mm) and a “director” disk of 45mm (spaced 10mm) will give a fair to good feed to a 0.7 fD Ratio Dish… With a single 4 ft dia. dish, this can increase range by x30 or more – yet the electrical integrity of the sealed and type approved unit is not compromised! With this latter 4ft dia. dish system, one of our local users has made a 30km connection! #22 We are interested in starting a free public WLAN in [our named UK.city] . Can you point us in the direction of the best supplier of base station equipment. We are looking to accommodate as many simultaneous users as possible, and cover the widest possible area with one unit recommend:- a) An Intel 2011B Access Point… USD $750These are not the cheapest, but offer extra featu

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