This was awesome to see!!!! With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currentlycruising - Vista Mar, Panama www.creampuff.us

Good catch Gerard! I meant the Rod Antennas in your terminology of course. I was referring to the fact that rather than a simple 1/4 wavelength antenna that is Omni directional (like our sailing

Jorge, I use a UK three SIM for when I’m travelling in Europe and they have a wonderful roaming plan. I get about 20G for 15 British Pounds (you can even get unlimited for about twice that). and it

Brent Do you have mixed the idioms "directional antenna" and "rod antenna" perhaps? Please see the diagrams above to make things clear. Would you like I post a picture of a rod antenna and a

Hi Herbert, I did this job the last year....the only suggestion I can tell you is to remove the gearbox with the the vetus coupling installed (just dismount the fixings on the flange on the engine);

Arno, Many thanks for that. I was intending to do something along those lines. A photo would be good if you don’t mind. I may struggle to find 5200 here in Cariacou so it may have to wait a bit.

Those directional antennas generally have a +/- 3 degree plane off vertical. Using the old (and very handy) 1 in 60 rule (1 degree at 60nm is equal to a distance across that arc of 1 nautical mile

Joerg Correct, the bandwith is often very poor. It is a little better at night times when most users are asleep. But a nice antenna helps a lot. When you have a poor signal strength you have also a

I have the Bad Boy Unleashed WIFI extender system Amel offered as an option on the 55. It has worked well enough but I have found that in the Med, WIFI is usually useless because of lack of

Gerhard, thanks for including those diagrams. That makes it a lot more clear what I was trying to say in my earlier post. The directional antennas are great if you can be sure it will always be

Hi Paul, I used a piece of pontoon wood (whatever that hard-wood is called) and cut strips of 30-40 cm from it. I then put these on the bulkhead vertically so they would create a hook to prevent the

I still have the old Ubiquiti Bullet 2HP which is similiar to the Groove. Depending the conditions I use 2 different kinds of antennas. The usual rod antenna has the characteristics as shown

Paul, We drilled right through and put a small (1mm) bolt through with washers each side and we sealed it [so very small hole]. As to the height - I am not on board and will not be until May but it

Hi Ryan, When I had Kimberlite made Amel mounted a bar between the backstays for our KVH Sat phone. Since we have the go- and no KVH we have extra space on the platform to mount the Groove. Fair

Thanks all for the feedback. My idea was to fix a couple of steel bars to prevent them from falling out. These would be mounted just below the lazarette shelf, rotating up to prevent the tiller

Eric, where did you mount your Groove? Ryan and Kelly SM 233 Iteration Boston, MA, USA

I have been using the groove 52 antenna and router for a few years . It picks up a weak signal and I get great connections. Right now no one on my dock has internet except me. Fair Wind, Eric SM 376

I decided to build my own system. I think it was lower cost, and it's great knowing that I can troubleshoot and repair every aspect of it. I've been meaning to do a full writeup on how I did it for

Thanks David. There are no dumb questions when it comes to antennas on sailboats. The specification is called LMR-400 and TMS is the brand name (Times Microwave Systems) which is just one of

On Carango we use the little shelf on the forward bulkhead of the lazarette we drilled through the bulkhead into the rear cabin taking care that we drilled through so the holes were behind the ledge