Van Life Hack: How to Build a Pringles Can Wifi-Booster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2017
- UPDATE* After more trial and error, I realize that my original Pringles Cantenna was built too far back into the can... this newer calculator suggests a distance of 2.5 inches. Good thing Pringles are cheap!
Thanks for watching! If you have experience building your own Cantenna, shoot me a link, I want to see it.
Questions? Hmu.
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I'm living the van life while going to college for computer programming in the oldest city in the nation. I loved this video!
Should have tested the external antenna without the can as I think that's what made most of the difference.
solid and casual experiment with most outcomes covered. good luck with this channel.
I just made a cantenna today from a small pineapple tidbits can and its important to AIM it for precise signal. a little up/down/left/right to get it perfect. Great video, thanks!
Very helpful video. I also live in a van and been troubled with the same problem. Very helpful thank you
Thanks Spencer for the info, the tests. I live in Montreal (Canada) and planning to go west this winter, for the first time, with a motorhome i'am trying to fix ... The internet antenna was on my list to try :)
Great idea!! Muy twin sister is working on a van conversation and we were worried about her being able to stay in contact with family. Especially if an emergency cameup. Thank you. Don't forget to puff puff pass. Lol
Good job on the video Spencer, keep them coming. Thanks for the info
Thank you for this video! Informative and entertaining. You are a great teacher.
Good job Spencer, Thanks for the video
Spence! Love you vids man and you have a real talent! Big Sir is flippin saweet badude. Wish you had that thing back in high school bro!
choose the metric system
You're a fan of MR and explained the math, certainly subscribed!
Thanks so much! That really helped to explain it. I need to catch up on the 2nd season of Mr. Robot ; )
Cool shit buds converting a bus ATM in Aus watched your big sir tour loved the roof top couch 👌🏼
My hero thank you so much ..clear instruction , and it works great at distance of 2,5
This was the easiest video to follow thank you
BTW I got fantastic results by making just a flat plate reflector and using a USB to WiFi adapter that has an external "high gain" antenna. I tried the thing with and without the reflector and got such impressive gain with the reflector that I stopped experimenting at that point. In my case the reflector is made from 8"x 10" rectangular cardboard wrapped in multiple layers of heavy aluminum foil (for better skin effect). The "high gain" antenna (the "probe") is 4 1/2 inches long, mounted at the base of the 8 x 10 card, and otherwise centered on the card, with a 5/8th inch spacing between the high gain antenna and the surface of the card. This thing is simplicity itself. I used small pieces of folded over cardboard as spacers between the antenna and the card, and scotch tape to hold the usb dongle/antenna combo in place. This antenna is surprisingly directional (discounting reflected WiFi signals) and seems to have much higher gain over just the "high gain" antenna sitting in free space at the same location.
The USB adapter should be 3.74 inches away from rear end for a 3 inch diameter can. I checked several calculator websites.