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Pop Sci's How 2.0 has a handy diagram and parts list for building your own cantenna from Mike Outmesguine - the thing that makes this one awesome - it's a cellphone cantenna, not a wi-fi cantenna. Mike crunched the numbers and came up with the right size/length, etc to amp a 1900Mhz cell signal.
Time: 1 hour
Retail Cost: $43.94 (includes free coffee and cookies)
MJB coffee: $3.50
Pepperidge Farms Pirouette: $6
Copper wire: $1, Radio Shack
N-Female panel connector: $10, electro-comm.com (RF Industries part no. RFN-1022)
Connection adapter (if needed): $8.50, electro-comm.com (RF Industries N-Male to FME/TNC/etc. depending on pigtail type)
Cellphone pigtail: $15, alternativewireless.com (depends on exact model of phone)
Total: $ 43.94
Cantenna diagram and parts list - Link.
Related:
- Cantenna - from the 1950s! - Link.
- Can I make a satellite dish from a pringles can? - Link.
- CookieCantenna - Link.
From the page of MAKE:
- El Cheapo Cantenna - "Mountain Grown" coffee can makes homegrown wi-fi range extender. MAKE 07 - Page 133. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition!
It's getting harder to find metal cans of the right size. More and more packaging is cardboard. But the cans that are used to package premium Whisky make excellent WiFi Cantennas.
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What about the can dimensions for a 800mhz cell tower? I get can get a random signal in my house, all I need is a little boost. Any suggestions?
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