Comments on: Beerquad wifi antenna

By: howl

howl — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:09:03 +0000

lots of diy wifi antenna designs
http://wireless.binarywolf.com

By: fucter

fucter — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:52:31 +0000

dennis: the AARL handbook is a good place to start, there are also books on HAM radio and antenna theory at public libraries. I think its physics2 in college(it was phy212 for me) will give you plenty of information on induction. There is also forums on netstumbler.com that you can read about all kinds of wifi info (but don’t post anything, those guys have become jerks(or, all the cool guys left, and only jerks are still there). Also do a google search for Lincomatic, he built a crap load of antennas and documented his work). And of course, like eliot already pointed out, Trevors site.

By: PWNA

PWNA — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:08:05 +0000

really nice, i would make one if i needed one but i dont need one so i dont need one then i dont need to build one since i done need one.
i get drunk after 25oz beer?

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:43:54 +0000

dennis – if you want a book you should probably look into the ARRL’s stuff.
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?category=VHF%2FUHF%2FMicrowave&words=
Obviously there’s stuff on the web too but it would depend to some extent what frequencies you were interested in. There’s plenty on ~2.4GHz and FM VHF due to WiFi hacker / amateur radio / pirate radio use :)

By: greg0r

greg0r — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:20:51 +0000

Who gets drunk off a 25oz beer? :P

I’d have to make at least three of these to feel it, lol.

Really though, cool post. I’m going to have to try making one myself!

By: dennis

dennis — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:13:53 +0000

does anyone know what sort of background is needed to design antennas? are there any good resources to learn the theory behind it? thanks.

By: g0d

g0d — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:05:14 +0000

a reflector panel covered in barcodes would be pretty cool tho..

By: Coreyfro

Coreyfro — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:49:10 +0000

The brushed alum is just for looks. Who needs ingredients, legal babble, or barcodes?

Cheers

By: strider_mt2k

strider_mt2k — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:15:47 +0000

That antenna is just beautiful.

By: nguyen_van_thoc

nguyen_van_thoc — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:21:41 +0000

an important thing to remember with this hack is to really flatten the metal well, it make a difference. this might be harder to do when you’re drunk… i think every great hack involves beer in one way or another.

By: profsparks

profsparks — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:24:20 +0000

really steve, you need to shut the hell up for a while. Everyone was pissed off at you yesterday, why would you bring it up again? I happen to like LEDs… cause there cool.

By: g0d

g0d — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:35:10 +0000

just wondering.. did you have to brush the aluminum or was it just for looks? would it work without most of the “print” being brushed off?

thx

By: steve

steve — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:21:39 +0000

thank god something a bit different and no leds involved makes good sense thanks steve

By: olliestyles

olliestyles — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:59:19 +0000

first w00t

By: tahm

tahm — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:47:19 +0000

Beer and (wirelessly accessed) porn? Score.

This has been an unintelligent post.