I have been trying to connect to the free wireless internet that the City of Karpathos offers in Pigadia and I have been unable to for the last 4 days. After contacting the City of Karpathos, I have been told that three omnidirectional 12db antennas have been placed for the coverage in Pigadia. One is located in the City Hall, the second at the Eparxeio and the third at some other location.
I was at Sunrise hotel, which is located about 150 meters from the City Hall and 75 meters from the Eparxeio and I was not able to connect to the signal. I was receiving all the other WiFi signals from the other wireless routers, at full strength, but for the City of Karpathos, only 1 bar.
After looking at the antenna location, I realized that they were placed too low. They have to be raised at least two meters off the roof of the buildings. The roof is blocking the signal. I had installed a 15 db antenna in Pigadia and people from Othos were receiving the signal!
After doing a little research, I found out that omnidirectional antennas at 12 db could theoretically travel for miles, something is wrong with either the equipment that was used or the installation was not done properly!!! We have paid 45,000 Euros for this project!!!
George Felix.
Jan 10, 2010.
ps George Felix (George Skevofylakas) was altijd op zoek naar een stok om de destijds zittende burgemeester mee te slaan.