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by mcgeez 1567 days ago
This is an old article, dating back to at least 2005 as per Web Archive[0] please edit the title to reflect that.

[0]https://web.archive.org/web/20050201000000*/https://www.qsl....

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Year added above. Thanks!
And the ideas are older still. The days of the Pringles Can Antenna were pretty wild. I'm not aware of any similar hacks at 5 GHz though.
a 5GHz waveguide AKA "cantenna" is between beer can and bean/soup can

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantenna

width or diameter is a criticalproperty:

https://www.everythingrf.com/tech-resources/waveguides-sizes

https://web.archive.org/web/20161029045619/http://www.pwmn.n...

have fun, and dont cut yourself, they do work well when used at both ends of the line.

https://web.archive.org/web/20071012133113/http://www.saunal...