ssmithisme Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I have a satellite dish left over from someone who had Dish Network. I just acknowledged that I have this piece of hardware to hack up. Im wondering what cool things I can do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 make a high gain 802.11g antenna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 make a high gain 802.11g antenna +1 - I made an Antenna out of a spare satellite dish the Sky install man left behind. Engadget have a nice tutorial that i used. Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1qu1D Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 You can always make your own SkyNet and control the worlds robots! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Sierakowski Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 I believe Systm has a show on how to turn a dish into a Wifi transmitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Mount it, buy a DVB-S satellite card or a Dreambox or something, scan for cool crap. There's tons of stuff falling from them there satellites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Just screwing around, that's a biquad at the focus point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustinW Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 FTA, being legit about it , its a good hobby, looking up sats, and pointing at them and seeing what you can get, you can probably get a cheap fta receiver off ebay now because all the DN hackers are selling after the NAG3 upgrade... you can find some pretty cool stuff coming down from up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machstorm Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Well, you could use it to fry WiFi leechers. Here's a couple of MegaWatts for your leeching @%$, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 lawl.... could that be true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Well, you could use it to fry WiFi leechers. Here's a couple of MegaWatts for your leeching @%$, lol. I've always wanted to try using a microwave with the door removed. Just to see what it would do. Couldn't leave it on for very long, but it most likely wouldn't need to be. I have too many neighbors now to feel safe trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machstorm Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 lawl.... could that be true? Well, probably not them but their wifi cards, it would have to be one hell of a transmission though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Get a radio and make an antenna with it to talk to the international space station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydT0ne Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 something similar to this maybe ? http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/15/how-to-...d-dish-antenna/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 something similar to this maybe ? http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/15/how-to-...d-dish-antenna/ That's almost exactly what I built. Here's the page I used for reference. I'm using a panel mount N connector for my base. Using a piece of aluminum as the reflector, and a gladware container for the enclosure. You can use any plastic sealable container as long as it's microwave safe. When it says "microwave safe" the plastic itself isn't going to melt, which means microwaves pass through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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