Digital Yacht WL70

£149.95

This is a simple 1.3m-high aerial that comes with a 5m cable terminating in a USB plug. The WL70 works with Windows Vista/7/8 or Mac and drivers are available online, so your laptop should look for them the moment you plug in the antenna. It comes with the Realtek interface on CD, which not only gives you a comprehensive list of all the available Wi-Fi signals in range, but also shows the signal strength of each in percentages, allowing you to select the strongest

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We noticed this antenna dropped out when the signal strength reduced to 42%, whereas the simpler (albeit directional) Kuma antenna didn’t. It was also slower on the speed test than the Kuma in identical conditions. This is a clear indicator of how much better a directional antenna can be if you know the direction of the source.