On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 07:31 -0500, Emory Smith wrote: ... snip > As a side note, over the weekend I was playing with an SMC USB > wireless dongle. 'iwlist wlan0 scanning' showed -92 to my neighbor's > wlan. I cut a hole ~91mm from the bottom of a Pringles can and put the > dongle ~31mm into the can and got -82! And I'd been poo-pooing the > Pringles can stories on the internet! > > Anyway, thanks for the unintended reminder about the biquad, > Emory
Try some foil or soda can material in a parabolic shape with the USB dongle at the focus, or just about any reflector shape. I used this in a trash bag for a couple of years, but I had to change out the bag every few months. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
