Home made (sorta) WiFi antenna

How 'bout this? A Wal-Mart special:

From Wal-Mart:

1) Large disposable turkey roasting pan - $0.97
2) Rubbermaid clear lasagna (plastic) container $1.97
3) Gorilla tape $9 (!)

Cut the corners on one of the small ends of the turkey pan. Mount
your router in the lasagna pan with the antennas poking through the
end of the container. Place the plastic box so it overlaps into the
turkey pan with the antennas (mine are longish 9dbi onmis) evenly
spaced (3/4") from the inside of the aluminum pan. Mount the whole
assy on a mast (with screws and Gorilla tape) and attach to a Radio
Shack TV rotor (in my case on a 20' mast for now).

The thing friggin screams! I'm picking up one AP at over 2,000
feet away....

God I do love messing with antennas - I guess it's the ham in me.


--
73's de Ken KG0WX - Kadiddlehopper #11808,
Flying Pigs #-1055, Grid EM17io, IC-706mkIIg,
Elecraft XG2, 4SQRP Tenna Dipper, Heath GD-1B

"Ken Bessler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2wDGg.19581$yO4.16304@dukeread02...
> How 'bout this? A Wal-Mart special:
>
> From Wal-Mart:
>
> 1) Large disposable turkey roasting pan - $0.97
> 2) Rubbermaid clear lasagna (plastic) container $1.97
> 3) Gorilla tape $9 (!)
>
> Cut the corners on one of the small ends of the turkey pan. Mount
> your router in the lasagna pan with the antennas poking through the
> end of the container. Place the plastic box so it overlaps into the
> turkey pan with the antennas (mine are longish 9dbi onmis) evenly
> spaced (3/4") from the inside of the aluminum pan. Mount the whole
> assy on a mast (with screws and Gorilla tape) and attach to a Radio
> Shack TV rotor (in my case on a 20' mast for now).
>
> The thing friggin screams! I'm picking up one AP at over 2,000
> feet away....
>
> God I do love messing with antennas - I guess it's the ham in me.
>
>
> --
> 73's de Ken KG0WX - Kadiddlehopper #11808,
> Flying Pigs #-1055, Grid EM17io, IC-706mkIIg,
> Elecraft XG2, 4SQRP Tenna Dipper, Heath GD-1B
>
>

cool. got any pictures of this item in construction?

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:31:13 -0500, "Ken Bessler"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>How 'bout this? A Wal-Mart special:
>
>From Wal-Mart:
>
> 1) Large disposable turkey roasting pan - $0.97
> 2) Rubbermaid clear lasagna (plastic) container $1.97
> 3) Gorilla tape $9 (!)
>
>Cut the corners on one of the small ends of the turkey pan. Mount
>your router in the lasagna pan with the antennas poking through the
>end of the container. Place the plastic box so it overlaps into the
>turkey pan with the antennas (mine are longish 9dbi onmis) evenly
>spaced (3/4") from the inside of the aluminum pan. Mount the whole
>assy on a mast (with screws and Gorilla tape) and attach to a Radio
>Shack TV rotor (in my case on a 20' mast for now).
>
>The thing friggin screams! I'm picking up one AP at over 2,000
>feet away....
>
>God I do love messing with antennas - I guess it's the ham in me.

i'd really like to see a photo or even a series of step-by-step
photos. sounds neat.

73,
rich, n9dko

Ken Bessler submitted this idea :
> How 'bout this? A Wal-Mart special:
>
> From Wal-Mart:
>
> 1) Large disposable turkey roasting pan - $0.97
> 2) Rubbermaid clear lasagna (plastic) container $1.97
> 3) Gorilla tape $9 (!)
>
> Cut the corners on one of the small ends of the turkey pan. Mount
> your router in the lasagna pan with the antennas poking through the
> end of the container. Place the plastic box so it overlaps into the
> turkey pan with the antennas (mine are longish 9dbi onmis) evenly
> spaced (3/4") from the inside of the aluminum pan. Mount the whole
> assy on a mast (with screws and Gorilla tape) and attach to a Radio
> Shack TV rotor (in my case on a 20' mast for now).
>
> The thing friggin screams! I'm picking up one AP at over 2,000
> feet away....
>
> God I do love messing with antennas - I guess it's the ham in me.


How are you picking up other AP's on a router?

"Gubo Dangle" <gubo.dangle.nospam.@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)..

> How are you picking up other AP's on a router?
>

I'm running DD-WRT on a Linksys WRT54G (v4). There is a
wireless status page that has a wireless "survey" button. Clicking
that button opens a page showing all AP's in range plus details.

Ken