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H.P.W.D.A (High Power Wi-Fi Dish Antenna)

H.P.W.D.A (High Power Wi-Fi Dish Antenna)
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I threw this together over the week by collecting parts on the side of the road, digging in the attic, and searching eBay. It is a Dish HD satellite dish combined with a Netgear WG111v2 wi-fi card. I mounted it on a TV antenna tripod with a wood dowel. Picked up quite a few wi-fi networks. Please vote for me in one of the three contests! :D

Check out my blog at: geekaroni.blogspot.com or geekaroni.tk
4 comments
Feb 11, 2012. 8:00 PMgeorgeATM says:
interesting. How directional is it?
Feb 12, 2012. 7:31 AMgeorgeATM says:
if your turn it one way do you get certain wifis and when you turn t towards the opposite way you get others

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My name is Joe(obviously). I'm home schooled and my favorite subject is Science. I love anything with a screen or a transistor in it.(:P) I do a paper route every day at 5:30 in the morning. I like co...
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