Addictronics

EDIT: Pleas note that this project is several years old. Before I actually new anything about gain,db, wifi, and a lot of other things. The values given as gain are obviously not true but I can’t retest this setup and would like to leave it for nostalgia purposes. Thank you

This is the antenna that I use to pinpoint the location of wireless access points. With this parabolic antenna I can even determine where in the house the router is located! I bought a $2 strainer from Walmart and attached a usb WUSB54G V4 antenna to it. With that I am able to achieve 46dbi Gain!

Here is “Version 2″. It has gotten the best reception so far. I am hoping to improve.

This picture is the first version I made. It was only able to reach a max of 30dbi gain…only

Here are the statistics of version 1.

Version 2 statistics compared to Version 1 statistics.

Motorized Base

One day I came up with the thought of mounting the dish on some type of motorized base. I considered making my own from scratch and using servo motors. However I found that if I purchased a Usb Missile Launcher, 90% of the work was already done for me.

Here is the Missile launcher right out of the box.