{"id":19834,"date":"2013-05-16T18:14:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T23:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=19834"},"modified":"2016-09-20T21:19:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T18:19:37","slug":"haven-now-with-internet-kind-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/haven-now-with-internet-kind-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Haven: Now With Internet, Kind Of"},"content":{"rendered":"

My booster package arrived today. No exclamation points because I want to have WORDS with Wilson electronics.<\/p>\n

I ordered a Sleek signal booster<\/a> with a longer magnet mount antenna<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I read all the literature and made sure to ask Andy<\/a> if I needed anything else. Well, SURPRISE, the Sleek and the antenna both have connectors that cannot be joined them together! I want to meet the moron who had that bright idea. I thought they were male connectors, but they are actually SMA female and FME female.<\/p>\n

So until I find a connector and get it out here, I am limited to the little stubby antenna that comes with the Sleek. I get about 1.5 bars with it. Andy recommends a pizza pan to use as a mount for an RV rubber roof. Being me, I found a pizza pan that isn’t magnetic. But of course. I tried my cast iron skillet, but didn’t get much of a signal. The next idea was to park the truck next to the office and stick the stubby antenna on its roof. I’m now trying a pot on the roof and getting a more steady signal.<\/p>\n

The good news is that the Sleek does work and that I do have slooooooooooow internet at home. The bad news is that I really need the longer antenna and I have no immediate way of using it Being 20 miles from civilization and having spent $190, I am feeling rather pissed off about that.<\/p>\n\n\t\t