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[@jamesgoodman6243]

The reason why your signal strength is low is the area u live the trees being grounded yes and tall will affect signal You must be above the trees perhaps later down the road buy a tower that is above line of sight of the trees

[@lauriekennedy8324]

I have so much respect for you and your family, the cabin build is fantastic, looking forward to seeing all the other phases being filmed, all the best from the UK

[@reneegriffith2375]

It was so wonderful meeting you both on Saturday. I am glad you are getting your internet straightening out.

[@RogerDiotte]

Watching someone struggling for something simple for many was great to watch...I liked just sitting back and watching you figure it out! Myself I've also lived through these struggles and I've engineered many different mounts, devices and locations through my years also on my farm to get a great signal! Now I have Starlink.

[@SurvivalLiving]

Lol 😃 I just love "first we need to get our internet out of the tree" you guys are just awsome. Really appreciate this video. Gives me some ideas when I get to Wyoming. Thanks again guys 👍

[@SunfireWoods]

Marty and Julie, it was such a treat to meet you and your lovely family in Athol at the park, thank you for announcing it! I wish we could've made it to church at your invitation, both Jim and I miss having a home church to attend. We did make it back to Washington safely. I'll keep you updated when we have our 20 acres and move to the area. It's so exciting! :D

[@PaullaWells]

Looks like you got it working really well. Great job, y'all!!

[@janettelworth9398]

Just found your channel for the 1st time. Can't find the very 1st episode though. Have a lot of binge watching to do to catch up. Looks promising. TY from Wisconsin.

[@KoalityofLife]

Just an FYI, if you're welding anything galvanized, sand the galvanized off where you are going to weld, your welds will look better and you don't want to inhale the toxic fumes from burning galvanized metal. :)

[@BrianWendt]

I came down to the comments just for this.

[@unclebill5170]

Lol me to

[@eduardorivas363]

You have a great beginning to your installation. I would put it closer to the dormer and run the wires in the wall. I would then use an AP to flood the downstairs and maybe an AP for the outside. Definitely ground your pole with at least a 4 gauge. There are other options available that will give you the max available depending on other locations and certain other factors. Great job just harness yourself while up on the ladder.

[@Kingsleykrewvlogs]

Great job guys !! and HECK YES re Julie's channel !! The whole place is looking so nice.. even just when you were sitting in the yard working on the system... there's so much grass now, where it just used to be all dirt (or snow I guess. LOL)

[@tattooedmember]

Martin, good job on the setup. As a communications tech I suggest you ground the pole as it will provide protection to your equipment and house.

[@BreakingFreeOffGrid]

I would absolutely watch Julie’s channel! Your cabin looks awesome. I’ll have to go back and catch up on the cabin build videos. Have a great day! 😀

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Thanks guys. Nice getting to meet you the other day.

[@woundeddove]

Run your cables inside the pipe you used & GROUND THAT POLE.

[@lottis81]

Yes Julie get going on the channel i love cooking channels , love from Sweden

[@TimmyMoza]

Great job. Tip, the least amount of connectors and adapters the better signal you will get... but i think you have done a fine job with what ya have there.

[@joselacera8716]

Sir first of all I would like to thank you for your service I heard you saying that they give 10% so I said he is a veteran, Sir I watched all the video about the 115 volt pump and you were saying why everything from big goes to small and it makes a lot of sense with all your respect if you breathe through your mouth and you open your mouth wide open and let air out you are going to be out of air quick but if you close your mouth very little hole you are going to have a lot of air in your lungs right now on the pump is the same way the smaller the holes are the more pressure the tank is going to hold so it can maintain 50 lbs I was listening to you very carefully I love your videos thank you very much from a D.A. Veteran God bless America

[@mawartea7302]

Yes, please Bu Julie 🙏, we miss you and your recipes. I learn how to cook Chilli from your videos, 👌😁 thank you!

[@dougs5406]

Awesome video! This video should be included with the sale of any rural land. 😆 I definitely feel your pain. Went through the exact same process. I was gonna suggest getting those antennas at least 18 inches apart but you’re on it. We even had the exact same modem/router. The one thing that made our experience much better was buying the mofi 4500, not speed wise but just consistency. I was very skeptical but it really came through for us and just swapped the SIM card over and it works great. For whatever reason that AT&T modem just keeps losing connection and speed.. went through 3 of them and all the same. The big plus was having those phone jacks on the AT&T, that part of it does not function on the mofi, still looking for home phone solution. 🤔

[@terrylpeterson5480]

Those antenna's your using are polarized, (yagi's) ether horizontal or vertical, you have them diagonal, and in two different planes, if both were set in the same polarization (H or V) you should improve your signals, but you need to find out what polarization the transmitters are in, so a test in one plane or the other should be done first.

[@fysher777]

Exactly right, but also you have loss in the coax, the longer the distance and the higher the frequency the greater the loss. You have had the router up in the tree tops, why not put it up the pole behind the yagis then run a cat 6 ethernet cable down to the house. That would give you the best result of all.

[@emmanuila7747]

@@fysher777 Yagi antennas are directional Vertical or Horizontal is the right way for this and need to target at the other antenna especially if is too far. Ethernet cable is the best option here the signal loss is there or even make it unstable.

[@MStrickkk]

Also need to crimp/solder the connectors properly on the ends of the coax. Even without the spaghetti outside the jacket, having an open jacket will destroy signal.

[@timcat1004]

Exactly correct.

[@DirkGorgiel]

How about earthing the metal, antenna is over the roof, lightning’s favorite. 2 SMA connections is TX and RX (antenna signal in and out)? Polarisation is important, too.

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

I should give this a shot. I get no service without a booster and 1-2 bars of signal when we add the Wilson unit. My download is 0.5 Mbps. Yeah it kind of sucks 😞 now you got me thinking I should add another booster. I’ll be looking forward to the update video.

[@lauradavis1633]

As usual, great!

[@AbsoluteProCEO]

I had a great time at the meet and greet last weekend and was glad to meet all of you.

[@gershomg1537]

well done! that's the correct setup unlike before. have some lightning protection as well. don't forget to put rubber tapes/sealant on antenna connectors. btw, what is the red arrow marking at the back of the antenna say?

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

I think it said either polarization or this end up.

[@MattHarmerAU]

I installed quite a few yagi antennas for an outback Australia cattle station around 10 years ago but I remember that finding a line of sight between mountains helps. Look into different yagi configurations (you could probably take the plastic covers off to look at your style) for your environment and nearest relay. Thanks for all your videos, huge help for my off-grid research :)

[@TheUserid82]

A simple trick when putting wires to the outside is to use a outlet box as the pass thru so you can use a blank plate to mount barrel connections making it easy to disconnect and cap when you need to bring things down to work on them. Yes it is another connection in the line but it makes working on so much easier and if you go and remove a line you can simply put in a new blank plate and not have a hole in the wall to patch.

[@hanzon]

I wonder if you grounded the antenna in the ground? may be a risk of lightning strike otherwise.

[@armidaperez5360]

Nice and early its really looking like a backyard 👍

[@colincampbell290]

Looked at your cooking chanel my daughter cooked / bake some recipes, they were deliouses. Girl you're a excellent, cook. Start posting new recipy cook vidios. From your videos we see you enjoy cooking. Amen

[@flemmingleerjakobsen1675]

Nice work. I just got to think about the risk of llightning in thunder stomrs. It could fry all of your electric wiring and connected things. Or does the roof act as an absorber ?

[@MyOldBook123]

I really really loved it.

[@lottehoyer8440]

Did u change the settings for The antennas in the routers login program? From inner to outer?

[@williambalcomb2958]

Nice setup dude , I know how you feel live on a farm too luckly we have a radio tower to router that works for 10mb down 5 mb up. unlimited data from at&t enterprise but pay about $100 month service

[@guruoo]

That long coax run is costing you most of what you've gained from the new antennas. Fix would be to mount the router at the top of the mast with the antennas, and connect it to your home network through usb, eithernet, and/or the router's wifi repeater mode. And whatever you do, >ground that mast

[@sahrulwahyu5813]

Very inspitative Pak martin, greetings from Indonesia

[@freddien7]

Ohh Safety Sally not Happy you on the ladder!!! Doesnt matter that Sarah works at Mc Donalds at least she is working Not sitting around, looks real smart in uniform, Good For her!!, Suprised that the tree is higher than the house but got rough reception, maybe because of the branches, look out on inter web for an old Telephone tower for sale taller than youre house, and plant it Away from the trees, and grounded, Thanks for the video. (from UK)

[@bistrja]

I would Subscribe to Jules channel and watch her cooking. I love everything you guys are doing!!

[@wahyuindrasatria3437]

Tq for sharing this video... Nice working on your internet Sir Martin... Nice to see all of you... Welcome home Sarah, and have a nice cooking Mam Julie... How r u Seth? hehehe... Christ bless all of you there, take care and keepsm:)ng...

[@smoochmcguire5291]

Great video thanks

[@LaidBackLiving]

Dang that’s not bad at all! We’ll have to do that too!

[@be4realz]

How do you think a set up like this would work for somone needing to work from home online? Tryinf to digure out a good system for when we move off grid in idaho

[@newagegaming2018]

Hello Martin and Julie. I really enjoy your videos. I am old and very much retired and am reliving my youthful wish of living off grid through your series. I started watching somewhere around the joining of the buildings got to the end and decided to go start from the beginning. It was then that I noticed Marty's wedding band was not originally black, but gold. Around this video (and the next one also) I noticed that Marty wore no wedding band at all. My curiosity is getting the better of me. What happened to the gold wedding band? Not holding my breath waiting for a response. And completely understand that Ya'll are much too busy to read much less respond to every silly question. Live streams a great as well.

[@JLC24]

👍👍👍👍on Jules outdoor kitchen with screened windows 360 with adaptable winter storm windows to provide the best possible vistas in the background of nature. Nobody can resist bbq, smoked and cured food, fresh sourdough bread either wood or bbq, including baking. AND let's not forget the family challenges each week???. Awesome job kn the internet Martin I have wired cat 6 throughout my house and used wifi boosters as well as wireless router for my circumstances because of dead spaces from the wireless in certain spots and my speeds are optimum on my low end ISP plan.👍👍👍👍👍

[@at347est]

People love cooking channels . So yes Julie should do it again , and add her gardening to it . Both are interesting .

[@edwardseth1230]

these are omni directional antenna in the middle woth its wirng going through the metal tubing, attach a grounding wire, so if lightenting strikes, just in case ur haware equiment is safe.

[@jamesgoodman6243]

Oh wear a safety harness please and make sure the antenna rod is grounded to the ground to prevent POSSIBLE fire from a LIGHTNING STRIKE

[@harisudibyo1952]

yeah thats right.

[@xipkore]

@martin Johnson - starlink is open for beta testing atm you could apply.

[@pagegreer5081]

I liked the tree better! But that was because it was like flag pole simpler. But you have to do what you have to do !So how grows the garden. Saw bits on lunch on the bbq.

[@bikerchic7938]

I know this was a small weldiing job and was not sure if that was galvanized steel but if it was, be caredul..When welding galvanized steel, a respirator is required so that the zinc oxide fumes from the galvanizing are not inhaled. Inhalation of zinc oxide fumes can cause metal fume fever. This acute overexposure to zinc oxide through the respiratory system causes flu like symptoms that can be severe.

[@Social_Infidel]

True, but he would become a COVID-19 statistic anyway!

[@kevinreith2003]

Have you thought about signing up for the starlink Internet testing for your area?

[@brianwade8649]

Hi Martin. Wonder if you could rent a drone to test antenna heights?

[@saptosentono737]

Semangat pak Martin 💪💪💪 I'm From Bogor city Indonesia

[@mmanut]

Those are directional antennas, they must be pointed to your provider's nearest cell tower. Turn the antenna little by little until you get the best signal. Very little change in direction can increase the speeds. GOOD LUCK. PS, you could also add a booster to your system. Vinny 🇺🇸

[@shinabdulaziz7081]

Mr martin what do you remember about magic hand ?

[@kevchard5214]

If you don't weather seal the connections from the RG8 cable to the antennas they will corrode and your signal will drop. Scotch coat and electrical tape can work.

[@ryansworld2551]

with internet modems like that you have to log into the modem and change it from internal antenna to external antenna that will help with the internet speed

[@northernliving2387]

Martin Your going to have a little lose with the little cables and the connectors. The next thing with the antennas being close will interfere With each antenna signals. You might want to leave space between The antenna. Yes sma

[@BrianBriCurInTheOC]

Wilson Electronics and their other company WeBoost have units which are in the $1,000 price range which improves all of the signals cell phone use - Telephone, Data, GPS and only uses one antenna. The higher the outdoor antenna is placed and turning the antenna orientation to receive the strongest signal from the closest cell tower will produce the best results. Many people go from no signal to 4 or 5 bars using the Wilson/WeBoost.

[@christinesmith7625]

what do you guys use for free tv just asking ?

[@juliocruz5656]

How fast is it going to be... Ohhh guys how is the garden???? And like I said to you guys before my son have MS and I would love to build something like that with him for memory and get away from this city... Sorry for rambling. Guys like I said before I'm happy for you guys hope everything goes well God bless continue the good work and thank you for your Channel

[@markadelman8028]

Polarization is key. Also separation. Your transmitter can be blowing your receiver away. Do a RF study on frequency of TX and RX and how much separation you need. If you need help, contact your local HAM club and become a HAM. Out in the middle of nowhere, you can get great signals and talk all over the world.

[@estherhostetler1554]

I love to cook and bake so yes keep going

[@mezmerizz]

get a We826-T router with a EP-06 or EM12-G modem take the top cover off stick it in a box on the pole by the antenna,, change the modem imei to match the modem in the router you have from your provider,, now you can band lock if need be with the EP-06/EM12-G and maybe get some carrier aggregation to boot all depends on what bands are good in your area

[@rjosss]

Love it

[@jugai1293]

i would like to see more video from sarah 😁

[@dereksuddreth8672]

Did you ground that lightning rod Martin?

[@isabelrivera4290]

Yes!! We will like to see Jewels cooking channel again!!

[@juliocruz5656]

Hey guys that's great I'm rooting for you guys

[@gewglesux]

don't you mean "routing" for them? bad joke

[@imrunmuntu4035]

Im worried about the lightning

[@JoseJimenez-mp1iy]

😏 You may use POE for the router at the pole... not a long coax running...

[@kaimekaimietis]

you need to buy a Huawei LTE CAT18 router which can give you a big speed improvment in my case it was from 1.2mbps without antennas to 55 with antennas and after modem (router) upgrade it was around 140-160 mbps and upload around 45 so and the tower is around 15 kilometers ( around 10 miles ) and it won't get the signal on ground so antenna and new modem made a pretty big change

[@somedude2433]

You’d likely improve it by shortening your cable Doesn’t matter where your router is now you can run cat 6 to a device or a central router after if you wish. But the closer you get the first box the the antenna the less ohms it is. The less the cable bleeds off. Thus better speeds

[@arthurroberts491]

My connection is Comcast cable to local modem, then WIFI LAN to the laptop. I get about 20Mbps down and 5Mbps up, and that is considered good. Fine for watching KZbin video.

[@dentonaylor9481]

I noticed that the large coax wilson 400 braid is not crimped, you would loose a number of DB the way it is hooked up. Suggest you get a crimping tool of solder iron to fix that problem (both ends). You are also losing DB's with that small cable behind the router, suggest you purchase a SMA to I think N adapter (cannot tell from the video) this will all ow the big cable to go straight into the router. The Wilson antennas should be VERTICAL for the best performance and gain additional DB's. Antenna instructions say nothing about slanting them. The cell tower antennas are vertical Polarization.

[@rainertheraven7813]

LTE needs 45 deg orientation.

[@johnmcqueen4348]

Can’t find the video of you framing the second floor of the garage apartment?

[@herbertnewman4595]

When I used the adapters from the 400 cables to the router it cut my speeds try to direct connect without the small wires.

[@btdelock6487]

how are you powering this? I didn't see any power connected

[@brjplummer9415]

Holy Moley ! ! How on earth did you get that line to the top of that tree? ??? Do you have a crane or something?

[@bennym1956]

How you powering the WIFI router on pole ?

[@daveedson8607]

Try swapping the antennas to the ports they are connected to.

[@nordeenabdellah9371]

O.M.G. .... Isn't that roof fixed heavy pole very dangerous, especially when you get windy situation outdoor?

[@MrTimGJ]

Need to learn a bit more about gains, losses, and panning antennas All your basic theory is correct, you need to sort your antenna for Pan, tilt, and polarity. If the transmitting signal is vertical your antenna at 45 degrees won't help. Spacing, you don't say why you are using two antennas, but they need to be 100 wavelengths apart, so the signal to each does not fade at the same instant in time. The link for your WIFI will vary 24/7 and will fade in and out, the trick is to have a fade margin big enough, so you never totally lose the signal. Gain of your antenna vs the loss in your cable is the deciding factor. PLEASE use self-amalgamating tape over all the external joints to keep the weather out. A small flexible tail of the right co-ax between the have duty cable and the router is normal and you need a "swan neck "just before the cable enters the building so the cable drips the water off and doesn't pass it through the wall.

[@nieveshuerta2060]

Hola congratuletion Mex

[@footplate0]

Please use self amalgamating tape to seal the connectors and cable joins else water will get into your cable and you will very soon loose signal

[@manolisgledsodakis873]

And lose signal.

[@WhiskeyDale]

Safety Sally is probably screaming at you right now to gat a ground wire on that antenna .

[@Catweazle45]

Yo Martin, I think we have a problem. You and me. I am, as many others, in love with Julie. So, how are we going to settle this ? ..... No i'm kidding..... Not the loving Julie part, but the settling part. I don't live nearby :-) (the Netherlands). I have seen almost all your video's (took me some time) and, follow your channel. I'm looking foreward to the build of the rest of the house. You did a great job building together with your family. But now i have to check Julie's channel too ... where do i find the time ??

[@bayumeigafitra5450]

Sir, do u have wifi?? ow awesome..

[@fkmui03]

Finally _Yagi antenna_ , that's the proper one.

[@fajarzulbi8987]

apa kabar pak martin? senang sekali jika pak martin bisa mengunjungi kembali Indonesia

[@janaesarahe2864]

When he starting welding his own pole I knew this wasn't going to work for me lol. Great video though. I hope it works out for you guys. Also, I'd love to see Julie resurrect her channel :) I am attempting to start something of a cooking channel myself.

[@blerbszzzz]

That's so nice, but i'm afraid the antenna got lightning strike

[@edhiwiluyo318]

Wow great... Cool..

[@edhiwiluyo318]

Ooh bytheway is that safe from lightning? And wow I'm glad bu Juli is wearing a J Co apron ... yeaaah JCochino.... cool. Sarah in Mc Donald bu Juli Jco cool....

[@chrisnerad1383]

Could you recommend this for remote work / Work from home?

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

We work at home.

[@buck960]

there are telescope masts wich you just pump up with air. they get pretty long!

[@andyteohockguan7243]

Awesome

[@et5222]

Only thing missing was Marty wearing a tinfoil hat while on ladder.... Yes to cooking vids!

[@MartinJohnsonOffGridLiving]

Will that help? 🤣

[@westie4ageturbo.749]

Look up antenna polarisation

[@estellaknox4488]

Yes I would like the website, I know it great like ya'll now ,Oh I am going to be a copy cat to get my internet going

[@selvibutarbutar8634]

Super sekali cara kerja nya