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eppur_se_muova

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1. A couple of years ago I saw instructions for building a WiFi waveguide(?) antenna from a foil-lined cookie bag ...

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 10:40 AM

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... like Pepperidge Farm. Also one starting from foil-lined tofu boxes. I can't find either one now, but there are tons online starting from various cans, w/Pringles cans being a favorite (easy to cut cardboard).

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A couple of years ago I saw instructions for building a WiFi waveguide(?) antenna from a foil-lined cookie bag ... eppur_se_muova Monday #1

then there was the infamous Pringles can antenna DBoon Monday #2