[C320-list] Wifi

[Graeme Clark]

This is not very practical as a permanent solution but as a one off when you’re anchored up in a remote spot with no cellphone signal:-
Set up your phone as a mobile hotspot, put it in a string bag and haul it to the top of the mast with a spare halyard. 
The extra 45ft can make a big difference to signal strength!
Remember to attach a downhaul line though as the phone weight isn’t enough to counterbalance the friction and halyard weight!
Graeme

Sent from my phone. Excuse typos! 

> On 12 Feb 2021, at 01:23, Greg Flanagan <greg.flanagan at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Ken,
> 
> I use cellphone service but at an anchorage I run an antenna up the mast with my spinnaker halyard. I have standard coaxial cable 50ft attached and connect this to  a cellphone single booster inside the cabin. I also have a light line attached to the halyard hitch  (not  to the antenna) and I have to pull the antenna forward away from the (metal) mast with this line and attach it to the pulpit for best reception. Works well in remote places.
> 
> Greg
> Hoop Dancer #1076
> Sidney, BC
> 
>> On Feb 11, 2021, at 5:07 PM, Ken McCrimmon <kenmccrimmon at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> Due to the Covid pandemic I am hoping to be able to work from my new Catalina 320 this spring and summer
>> I need a reliable connection to the internet so I can remote into work.
>> I know I can use a cell phone as a hotspot but I am wondering about reception.
>> Has anybody else solved this problem another way
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Ken