Misc Tin Foil - It's not just for hats!

[IBNobody]

Tonight, I made an antenna similar to this one out of paper plates and tin foil.

It came out pretty close to that.

Here's how to do it:

http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/index.html

It was as easy as those arts-n-crafts (arts-n-crap) projects we used to do in grade school.

Heck, I might even suggest it to my kid's teacher. "Ok Class! Let's impress your parents by making a 12dB WiFi booster antenna!"

 

[Narin]

Hey..thats where my tin foil hat went to...great...now I'm hearing those voices again. No! IBNobody doesn't deserve that..bad voices..I will not get a camel..

In all seriousness, that is pretty cool. How well does it work?

 

[IBNobody]

It works okay, about what you'd get from a premium antenna. I'm using it to communicate with my PS3's access point right now, but I'm building some for my router too.

 

[Ferrariman]

That a old Wi-Fi box by the looks.

 

[OSW]

I've tried this in the past with little or no success.