Wireless enthusiasts have been repurposing satellite dishes for a couple years now. This summer the longest link ever was established over 125 miles using old 12 foot and 10 foot satellite dishes. A ...

The project illustrates the creation of an antenna for an access point by designing the reflector to be fed by a dipole. This antenna is so easy to make, tune, and install as the focal point on this ...

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There’s something iconic about dish antennas. Chances are it’s the antenna that non-antenna people think about when they picture an antenna. And for many applications, the directionality and gain of a ...

i’m totally going to do this, and i think i just scored an extra direct tv dish too. ..make a dish into a highly directional antenna for the very popular IEEE 802.11 wireless networking. The resulting ...

Since copper is a good reflector of radio waves, it can be used to make a Wi-Fi signal booster. Boosting a Wi-Fi signal requires creating a reflector that focuses the available radio waves on the ...

Reader hhbhagat1417 explains how he discovered thsi trick: To get better router reach, you can point the antennae of a router to a detached satellite dish. Then just position the antennae in such a ...

Watch how a simple $20 DIY WiFi dish can provide internet access even in the dense jungle of Plastic Bottle Village, Panama. Ingenious, low-cost, and surprisingly effective! #DIYWiFi ...