interesting use for the old dish

[VinceT3]

Use a Surplus Primestar Dish as an IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking Antenna

interesting eh?

 

[Stargazer]

I've seen this for several years now. This is very cool. I am hoping to get some use out of some of my old SuperDishes and PrimeStar dishes that I have. I am sure there will be a stockpile of SuperDishes now that they are all getting swapped out for Dish 1000's.

 

[mastermesh]

there's been tutorials on this for many years online and in hacker mags. Very nice way to recycle. I think this tutorial: Use a Surplus Primestar Dish as an IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networking Antenna says the signal can go up to 10 miles!

 

[Mr Tony]

I'd rather use the Primestar dish to get another satellite in the sky

 

[Inno]

Is that the sewage vent pipe it's attached to? Are those things vented out the top of the mount? He could be creating a very dangerous situation there. Not to mention the smell when aligning it!

 

[VinceT3]

I've been entirely too tempted to attach to some in my area (starbucks, subway, hotels, office depot, etc) that all have freebie connections available.. only need to reach about 1.5-2 miles from me..

 

[MotleyFool]

I took an old 18" single LNB pizza pan (freebie), pulled the back off the LNB, removed all the internal electronics, cut down the feed horn and mounted a copper bi-quad at the approximate focal point. My neighbor and I then shared cable broadband for over a year until I moved last month. I actually built up to setups but only needed to mount one on my house, it worked great across 500', a concrete block wall, their exterior wall and the cheapie (US$15) 802.1g AP sitting in their spare bedroom.

I would never waste a Primestar dish for thie purpose, to many freebie pizza pans around.

 

[KevinAPB]

There are many better ways to grab 802.11, don't waste a good dish, you can build a cantenna or flat planar and get great results.. Trust me..

I have a new dish right now sitting on my porch in the back and have yet to figure out what its going to be setup for, static for sure but who - what??

 

[gpat]

newest record of a 802.11 signal is over 200 miles.

 

[Stargazer]

Is that new record an unamplified signal? I remember the 120 some mile distance that was acheived out west with some c-band dishes and that was unamplified.

 

[Tron]

There are many better ways to grab 802.11, don't waste a good dish, you can build a cantenna or flat planar and get great results.. Trust me..

I have a new dish right now sitting on my porch in the back and have yet to figure out what its going to be setup for, static for sure but who - what??

How about G-10R Ku?