In my boat I have the Pi inside the "cockpit", while I have a hidden USB cable up to the roof, where the RTL rtl8188eu wifi dongle with LWFinger drivers that works as an AP is placed. That severes network to a bunch of ESP32's and the phone when I'm in the boat. I would like the range to be a bit higher, so I can connect to it from two spots around 50 meters apart when it's docked, the spots also has a height difference of about 15 meters . Which means that a directional antenna doesn't work. The signal is noticeable from both spots, but not strong enough to connect to. I would also like to have signal when I'm away from the boat maybe 100 meters or so, so I can trigger some automations. If I could increase the power of the dongle I would think that would be enough. But I seriously doubt that I can do that.
The other alternative is that I can get a slightly used Poynting marine antenna with a max gain of 7 dbi quite cheap. Because of my economical situation I can't really afford to use too much on this project.
https://poynting.tech/antennas/omni-496/
I have tried to read me up on the web, but there are so many conflicting statements about what works and doesn't work, so I'm more confused then when I started. Can somebody please clear up my confusion here?
The other alternative is that I can get a slightly used Poynting marine antenna with a max gain of 7 dbi quite cheap. Because of my economical situation I can't really afford to use too much on this project.
https://poynting.tech/antennas/omni-496/
I have tried to read me up on the web, but there are so many conflicting statements about what works and doesn't work, so I'm more confused then when I started. Can somebody please clear up my confusion here?
Statistics: Posted by Mastiff — Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:22 am