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How To Make A Wifi Antenna

This will hopefully show how you to make a wifi antenna and find sum wireless networks...

MVI_3365.AVI(320x240) 4 MB

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Step 1Making It

For this one u will need: Chicken Wire, A Hollow Pipe

1. Place the chicken wire on the pipe centered in the middle as shown in the picture bellow.

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18 comments

Jul 5, 2008. 2:50 PMwizard744 says:

i have a nintendo ds lite with pokemon pearl and i like to trade pokemon over wifi at mcdonalds which i live a block away from will a wifi antenna like yours do the job for me here at my house

May 26, 2011. 2:22 PMbendog38 says:

I would assume that that is next to impossible. You would need one hell of an antenna to do that...

May 26, 2011. 2:23 PMbendog38 says:

Believe me. I've tried.

May 16, 2009. 8:18 AMmaid63 says:

haha i have pokemon platinum

Jul 9, 2008. 5:08 PMPokemonLord1234 (author) says:

as long as u put it up sumwhere high and in direction of McDonalds :)

Nov 7, 2010. 7:13 PMSlim49 says:

Dude,
I think its great. ROCK on.
for the nay sayers.... show us what you got??
if you put 2 more layers offset from each other you could tighten the reflector's grid a great deal. these things are sooo forgiving.
I did the simplest Cantenna & it was fantistic.
also, move your usb device out a 1/2 inch at a time till you pass the focal point. then back in & lock!
have built most all the wifi types.
Luck,
Steve

Jan 27, 2010. 4:15 PMiLove Apple says:

I have a iPod touch and I get little wifi in my room. Is there anything I can do? Most of what I've seen is for laptops. Please help.

Jan 13, 2009. 3:35 PMmehri_hama says:

Yeahh lol

Jan 5, 2009. 7:49 PMabadfart says:

lol this only works if you have neighbors

Aug 29, 2008. 7:12 PMmehri_hama says:

Hi, did you use an usb FLASHDISC Or an usb wifi adapter?

Nov 6, 2008. 7:54 PMPokemonLord1234 (author) says:

a usb wifi adapter

Nov 7, 2008. 3:15 AMmehri_hama says:

ThanXXX !!!

Jun 14, 2008. 3:58 AM

ac1D says:

do you know the gain? can you upload video on metacafe/utube?

Jul 9, 2008. 5:09 PMPokemonLord1234 (author) says:

no sorry, heres tha vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65s9vwRH4FQ

Jun 15, 2008. 12:20 PMschorhr says:

I used some tinfoil and a USB stick and got arround "40% signal strength" instead of 25-30. Since it is a simple reflector you could get a gain from somewhere arround 3dbi, so a regular 2dbi antenna would total 5dbi maybee. If you use a parabolic shape such as a strainer (or tinfoil, or wire...) you can increase it even more. With a strainer and some usb stick I have arround 50% now instead of 25-30 which is not as good as a (well built) "cantenna" or a (double) bi-quad, but its easy to do.

Jul 9, 2008. 5:08 PMPokemonLord1234 (author) says:

ok....

Jun 24, 2008. 1:00 PMagungk says:

wha? chicken wire? man, that's too coarse. as the rule of thumb, if you use non-solid material as reflector, the holes should be 1/10 lambda or less. since lambda for 2.4ghz like 13cm, you need wire grid with 1cm spacing or less.

Jul 9, 2008. 5:08 PMPokemonLord1234 (author) says:

dude itz my first one im a bit of a noob at this ok ? be nice:)