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insidious_machinae · 07-04-2004, 06:33 PM

My family just switched to AT&T because my dad gets reception out in the oilfield where he works, and he has to be able to receive calls. However, at my house, I rarely get a stable connection. Usually at work I can get 5 bars, but as I make my way home, the signal turns to royal shit.

So, I was reading about these things called "cantennas"
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html

and found a link to a site showing how to set up a cantenna with an old satellite dish
http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airport/P...Primestar.html
(they go for like $50 on ebay) to strengthen the signal and make the range up to 10 miles.

I would LOVE to build a huge antenna similar to this and run the wire down from my roof to my desk so that I can have a strong signal while in my room. Obviously it's more intelligent to just use a landline, but my mom tends to always be on the phone, and I used to have a second and third line, both of which were cancelled once we all got cellular phones.

Anyone have any ideas or experience with this sort of thing?

07-04-2004, 06:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
insidious_machinae Psycho	Cell phone sucks--want to build a massive antenna My family just switched to AT&T because my dad gets reception out in the oilfield where he works, and he has to be able to receive calls. However, at my house, I rarely get a stable connection. Usually at work I can get 5 bars, but as I make my way home, the signal turns to royal shit. So, I was reading about these things called "cantennas" http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html and found a link to a site showing how to set up a cantenna with an old satellite dish http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airport/P...Primestar.html (they go for like $50 on ebay) to strengthen the signal and make the range up to 10 miles. I would LOVE to build a huge antenna similar to this and run the wire down from my roof to my desk so that I can have a strong signal while in my room. Obviously it's more intelligent to just use a landline, but my mom tends to always be on the phone, and I used to have a second and third line, both of which were cancelled once we all got cellular phones. Anyone have any ideas or experience with this sort of thing?