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Beyond Pringles: 802.11 Antenna From A Floppy Disk

Posted by timothy on from the but-who-has-floppies-anymore dept.

real gumby writes "Shades of E.E. "Doc" Smith! Thomas Gee has made an 802.11 antenna from an old floppy disk and a paper clip. He credits this site for the inspiration (featuring an antenna from an old ice cream spoon). As MacPlus comments: "It's stylish, effective, and doesn't detract from that `everything computing' ambience in your home."" Warning: French. Update: 06/07 18:27 GMT by T : (Not Fremch ;))

3 of 235 comments (clear)

  1. Ca ne marchera pas by crakrjak · · Score: 5, Informative

    the last thing the article says is that its not going to work...

  2. Translation for "this site" by saskboy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Babelfish

    Hope the link works for you. Read English, right?

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    Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
  3. cardboard & aluminum foil horns by TheSync · · Score: 4, Informative

    The easiest and highest-gain 802.11 antennas to build are of the waveguide + horn variety. Horns can easilly get you as much as 12-16 dB additional gain over just a waveguide (e.g. Pringles can).

    For example, check out this horn build from cardboard and aluminum foil.

    Yagis and other antenna element arrays are just too tough to build right, especially without a SWR meter. At 802.11 frequencies, just go horn. Save the Yagi's for lower frequencies, like 10MHz, where a horn would be nuts.