[ajross]

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.

[rolph]

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...