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You guys have any opinions on a lightly used LG Nitro HD P930 with a 16GB micro SanDisk? Looks like it was AT&T - but remember I want it just for the Wi-Fi mail/browser while traveling. Will not be using the phone side at all. Looks like I might be able to score 2 for $50 each. I have them...

Love it - thanks.

Except I have no intentions of ever letting the traveling unit ever interface with my home network. Just with yahoo for news and to my "toss away" travel email account while we are traveling. Considering it will have been in Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, etc., the odds of...

I need to find a light bulb icon to paste in here (or one of me smacking my forehead). You are 1,000% correct - a used smartphone would be rugged enough and the "phone" section doesn't need to be activated in order to use it as a WI-FI device for browsing and Gmail! Perfect solution!!!!

Interesting idea. How would that work outside of the USA?

The Nook and the Fire sure don't have the battery life I've become accustomed to! Neither one of them has the "legs" to be used as a reader on an international trip. Looks like if I go that way, neither will replace my trusty old Kindle that goes for weeks without recharging. Are there other...

Couldn't use it with my provider. I have an OLD grandfathered international cell plan that has no roaming or international charges for either the USA, Canada or Mexico. Since retiring, we spend most of our time at the beach house in Mexico, so the plan has become worth it's weight in platinum...

Guilty! Guilty of starting a thread - then getting called away for over a week and not checking back :o. By "cheap" I was thinking +/- $100. All I need is light Wi-Fi headline browsing for say 1 hour every few days & Gmail access - all just a few weeks a year when we travel. I'm tired of...

Are the cheap tablets you see advertised "generally" worth it for light duty while traveling? By light duty I mean Wi-Fi connection with a little bit of general browsing and Gmail access - every few days. We cruise, and it's a pain to drag the laptop. Are there features that are must haves as...

To close out this thread start to finish - we originally began this search for a reader for traveling. We recently returned from a 7 night cruise which also featured @ 12 hours of travel time to and from the ship (lots of airline reading time). The Kindles worked great! I took 1 charging cord...

I didn't get back to this yet & we are leaving for 8 days tomorrow - will get back on it when we return.

Never thought about the grounding - I was just holding it up in the air with my hands. Won't be able to test that until tomorrow. I'll give it a try and let you know!

Well, I used the on-line dimension calculator set to 162.475MHz (middle of the NOAA range) built it exactly to specs - and it didn't work worth a darn. Even tried moving it around and on top of a big ladder. The 1/4 wave ground plane (Antenna-Stein) worked great in the same spot. Went over...

Thanks for the tip - the ones I've googled are made from copper pipe (which I have) and they sure look sturdier than what I was looking to do. Great recommendation!

I actually did come across that one while doing initial research. Problem is, it is out of stock on the web & none of the SOCAL stores have them in stock either. That's one of the main reasons I decided to build one, but I do appreciate reference!

Thanks for all your help with a project that was well out of my tech comfort zone. What - you thought it was ugly? I was gonna submit it to NASA and charge them a skillion $ and split it with you! Seriously, I've always been a fabricator and I learned a great deal putting this first one...

ANTENNA-STEIN LIVES! Finally got the connector combination to work after a few hours of futsing around on the bench, and as ugly as it is, reception is clear as a bell. Unit locked on right away onto the NOAA channels as well as the atomic clock out of CO. I did figure out the mount and how...

Went to Rat Shack today and bought 3 different sizes that were close; 2 are too small & 1 is too big - but not by much. Going to grind down the one that is a little too bit big this weekend and MAKE it fit and then solder it on. Meanwhile, the "alien LEM" antenna sits waiting for a mate. What...

Thanks for not laughing - actually, I called it a LEM for a really small alien! My much better half got a good laugh out of that. I did solder a 239 in scrounged from a 70's CB radio and filled the whole thing with silicone. Found an old 259 on a pigtail RG58 and fitted an OLD RG58 connector...

ANTENNA-STEIN; TAKE 1 Spent the afternoon going through my and a neighbor's scrounge pile and built this for proof of concept. Can't hook it up yet until I come up with the right RCA adapter plug and figure out the transition from the coax to the plug. This dog have any chance of...

I actually want this for the beach house in Mexico - the unit has a warning function that alarms when there are warnings/watches posted. I'm probably 35 miles +/- as the crow flies from the transmitter in San Diego. Funny thing, I've gotten a strange signal "blip" the other day while trying...

Great - now you got my "McGuiver" side going. Need to spend some time in my scrounge pile today - will post back. Thanks for all the help!

Thanks - the pictures really help. Instead of using the wire - I have access to an old busted up TV antenna (at a neighbors) to scrounge for parts. If I could salvage enough of the aluminum rod would that maybe make something more wind durable?

I tried to download and the only thing that downloads is the images - no calculator. If yours is working, could you input 162MHZ and give me the lengths?

Fat fingered it, but thanks for your helpful technical post.