Very low cost to build, using old TV antenna parts, Bamboo garden supplies, Zap straps, Solder Sealant. The Original Powered Antenna cost under 20. I. Homebrew antenna shootout. Ive been Slashdotted Read the How To. Gregs obsession de jour. In my efforts to add the words wireless savvy to my network. Ive been reading books and web pages on radio propagation. Wi. Fi. One of the first things that got me excited was the Pringles. Can Antenna.  Published on the internet and in a fine. Rob Flickenger. the net admin for OReilly, this. VERY inexpensive antenna made from a recycled. It. seems that everyone is building and using these. The various community. A friend of mine built his before. Reviewing his plan, I came up with different spacing. Rob did.  To see if I could improve upon the design, I built. While waiting for some wireless equipment. I started looking for my next antenna project. Oddly. the more I studied, the less I understood. Build Yagi Antenna Wifi' title='Build Yagi Antenna Wifi' />There seems to be quite. Pringles antenna works and what design category. The inner lining of a Pringles can looks metallic. The Pringles Antenna design, and some designs. While. folks are calling it a Yagi Uda style antenna, the design of the driven. Pringles can antenna looks like a Waveguide style design. What the huh The Shootout. My plan was to get relative performance measurements for various designs including. Wi. Fi wireless networks. To do this. I setup a wireless link and changed only the antenna recording each antennas. Assembly low cost high gain fm vhf uhf yagi antenna 144,430, 87. MHz dipole, and multi director elements. A cantenna a portmanteau blending the words can and antenna is a homemade directional waveguide antenna, made out of an openended metal can. Cantennas are. Mfj Fast Shipping Car Stereo Parts at installer. I didnt compare them to a commercial. I dont have the. The contestants were click on each for design. Single Parent Programs For Housing In Louisiana'>Single Parent Programs For Housing In Louisiana. The Performance Summary. The results surprised me In our test, the Flickenger Pringles can did a little. Pringles design. Both did no better than the Lucent. Now this is just on raw signal strength, noise rejection due. The waveguides all soundly trounced the Pringles. I mean they stomped them into the ground on signal strength as. B better. Every three d. B is a doubling in power thats three doublings. Of the waveguides, the Nalleys Big Chunk took top marks. It was. followed by the Hunts Pasta Sauce, my modified coffee can, and the Flickenger. My three waveguide designs, which utilized the correct. Flickenger Yuban coffee can handily. It seems that the design formulas for the waveguide design made a sizeable difference. In the yagis, it didnt matter much. This could be because neither. Convert Pdf File To Apple Pages. Robs nor my designs are anywhere near right for optimum performance for a Yagi. Ive decided that Yagi design is not for the timid or non radio expert. Build Yagi Antenna Wifi' title='Build Yagi Antenna Wifi' />With these results, Im convinced that the waveguide design is the way to go. The performance is good, the cost is very low. If you can eat a big can of stew, you can. The How To. Build your own Tin Can Waveguide Wi. Fi Antenna. Cantenna. Its the easiest antenna design I know of. Copyright 2. 00. 3 2. Gregory Rehm All rights reserved. For information about reproducing this article in any format,contact the author gregturnpoint.