"Roy Lewallen" wrote in message
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KG0WX wrote:
. . .
Disclaimer: I am NOT trying to "hack" free internet access from the
neighborhood WiFi 802.11b/g systems - that's not what wardriving is
about......

What is it about?

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Oh, there's a certain element of fun in "seeing what works." Try to find a
ham who's never tried
anything goofy -- it can't be done!

At that frequency, you can do a great deal with a cone of metal mesh (a
minor purchase at the
hardware store). Put the small end around the antenna and the open end
pointed in the direction
of the desired signal.

My entry into that band was not ham or Wi-Fi, but MDS television. There
is a TV band around 2300 MHz. (I don't really want to go out in my cold
garage and look
it up.)

I bought a downconverter for that band (which was used for porno movies
in my area at the time) but I didn't have enough signal. So, I started
goofing with mesh cones.
I got big time improvement with very little effort.

If the aim is just experimentation, then a three-foot metal mesh cone will
actually be an appealing
feature of the setup.

KD6VKW