VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally overarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1471arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareTrampampoline@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·13 hours agoLooks like I’m aiming pringles can directional antennas at McDonalds again like the 00’s.
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-213 hours agopringles can is too small, you need a can 8cm in diameter minimum. 400ml cans won’t do but bigger ones, 800ml, 1200ml will work https://www.wikarekare.org/Antenna/WaveguideCan.html
minus-squarebigfish@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoOld folgers coffee can it is.
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agopringles can would work okay for 5ghz but making feed element for that band would be hard without expensive test equipment
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoNanoVNA’s are pretty cheap for ~$100-200, though that being said I’ve only looked at them for ~1GHz work
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoI’ve got one sitting by my TV, haven’t ever used it. I’ll fiddle with it today to see how high it can measure.
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agosome variants go above 2.4GHz but going over 5GHz is entirely different thing
Looks like I’m aiming pringles can directional antennas at McDonalds again like the 00’s.
pringles can is too small, you need a can 8cm in diameter minimum. 400ml cans won’t do but bigger ones, 800ml, 1200ml will work https://www.wikarekare.org/Antenna/WaveguideCan.html
Old folgers coffee can it is.
For 2.4GHz *
pringles can would work okay for 5ghz but making feed element for that band would be hard without expensive test equipment
NanoVNA’s are pretty cheap for ~$100-200, though that being said I’ve only looked at them for ~1GHz work
I’ve got one sitting by my TV, haven’t ever used it. I’ll fiddle with it today to see how high it can measure.
some variants go above 2.4GHz but going over 5GHz is entirely different thing