Directional Antennae

Anotherr one of those towpath tubthumps...

My mate and his circle of 'as-yet-not-internet-connected' pals have recently
clubbed together and sourced a BT broadband wireless hub....with one of
those antennaes that looks vaguely like a hedgecutter...my chum tells me
that the reception seems better when the hedgecutter is NOT pointed directly
at the line of boats, which he finds odd. I tried to exlain to him that
it's possible that the best reception is when the hedgecutter is pointed at
90degrees to the line of boat antennaes, thus to 'present' a multiple flat
'plain'. Imagine I am holing the hub antenna like a hedgecutter
blade...should I point it AT the line of boat antennaes or at 90degrees to
it ?

TIA,
Nickalex
Journeyman

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:12:58 +0100, "Nick Alexander"
<nick@gransmore.com> wrote:

>Anotherr one of those towpath tubthumps...
>
>My mate and his circle of 'as-yet-not-internet-connected' pals have recently
>clubbed together and sourced a BT broadband wireless hub....with one of
>those antennaes that looks vaguely like a hedgecutter...my chum tells me
>that the reception seems better when the hedgecutter is NOT pointed directly
>at the line of boats, which he finds odd. I tried to exlain to him that
>it's possible that the best reception is when the hedgecutter is pointed at
>90degrees to the line of boat antennaes, thus to 'present' a multiple flat
>'plain'. Imagine I am holing the hub antenna like a hedgecutter
>blade...should I point it AT the line of boat antennaes or at 90degrees to
>it ?
>
>TIA,
>Nickalex

I really haven't a clue, but it's either 'antennae' or 'antennas',
not the sort of double plural you used.

Or maybe even aerials!
<VBG>

Tim
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