Poor connection - why?

I've just installed two Airport stat trackers, AP Scanner/Grapher and WiFind, and am pretty disappointed with what they tell me. Sitting just three or four feet from my Airport Express, I'm getting only a 50 percent signal strength (with Powerbook)
Even right up to the thing it's only about 71 percent. No wonder the connection in my house is so poor.
I was considering buying a signal repeater in the hope it would bounce and amplify the signal everywhere around the house, not just the home office - but, at this signal strength, I wonder what signal there would be exactly to repeat in the first place.
Can anyone shed any light?
I'm mulling over options for boosting the signal elsewhere.
Though I appreciate the ease of use of the Airport, my connection is awful. I'd rather get a second Express and use that as a repeater, but I might have to go for both a repeater and a second Express at this rate. Not too keen on getting a new third-party router owing to ease of use and installation, even though it would probably be several times stronger than the Airport.

Have you tried changing the channel used by the AirPort Express (AX)? You can change the channel until you find one which works better or you run out of channels.
KB 58543, AirPort: Potential sources of interference

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