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Some hints for the Cantenna... don't use the hot glue. The antenna connector should have a good solid ground to the can for best performance. Also, it might be better to use an N-Type or SMA connector (Or even a BNC) rather than an SO-239. SO/PL-239 connectors don't work very well at frequencies above 500 MHz. They are primarily designed for VHF-Low through Low UHF (30 Mhz - 400 Mhz)

I haven't watched this channel in 5 years

Why em i even watching this i dont even have a satalite dish

In Arizona, you don't even need the dish, just throw an egg in a pan on the sidewalk and voila, breakfast.

brilliant transition into the ad

if that little satellite dish worked that good then imagine how good one of this huge satellite dishes from the 1980s would work 😲

its been about 5 years since i watched one of your videos kipkay , its great to still see your cats in the videos. I have missed your content since metacafe.

I did use dish to improve my wi-fi and its working like a charm .

that fake meow was the best part of the video

Yes! This is the quality we know from the good old Kipkay!

My brother put a satelite dish on his chicken coop, his neighbor aked him about the dish, my brother said "nothing is too good for my girls"

That transition to the sponsorship was so smooth

I've done all three of these. They are so much fun. After some experimentation, I found the wide oval shaped ones to work better than the round ones, due to there being more surface area.

If you have a neurotic neighbor, paint " BIONIC EAR " on it and point it at their house.

I've got bad news. There's no such thing as an HD antenna. A TV antenna is a TV antenna. Any TV antenna will receive HDTV. ANY piece of wire will receive HDTV. It's just a marketing ploy to make you think you have a special antenna.

4:53 i got more channels by attaching two paperclips and putting it into the antenna in (if your curious i got 21 channels and most of them worked perfectly)

The adventures of Caaaaaptain Kipkaaaay!!! Gonna throw away that satellite dish, but you wonder, "What the hack can I do with this?" Have no fear, cry no tear, He's here for that hack. Ain't ya glad he's back?

i thought that the ad was going to be baked beans. whoops

You forgot feeding the dish with a mictowave magnetron pulsed at the repetition rate of a SAM-2 missile battery when military jets fly over. Just make sure you let the air training commander know you will be doing this so he/she can use the gag as a test of the pilot's electronic warfare skills. Otherwise, it could lead to FCC trouble

I made a parabolic mic with mine more than ten years ago. Having a smooth shiny surface works for audio as much as it does for light. I used a homemade shotgun style mic and fine tuned it with a slide rail then set screw it into position. I used a signal generator through an amp as the signal source to tune it with. I can hear people soft talking at about 300 feet, depending on the wind. A thick "foamy" is a must for distance. Later I got more technical by adding a speech processor and digital audio filter and headphone amp all mounted right on the backside in a weatherproof metal box from Radio Shack. Focusing for audio is very close to focusing for light. Well worth the effort if you like eaves-dropping like I do. lol.

This channel is finally good again. Yay

who remembers the weekend projects?

Why hot glue, you should solder the socket instead for grounding

You have sparked my interest in DIY electronics THANKS !

Gosh dang it. I was watching this and stuff. THEN BAM! The smoothest transition into an ad I have ever seen happened. You're too good at these Kip.

I love the Wifi and TV uses!

You needed to ground the so239 connector to the metal can not hot glue it, you would need an active ground plane to make the wifi antenna work efficiently.

They also make great giant salad bowls

your videos are getting more interesting lately again

Ayyyyyyyyeeee its the old kipkay!!!!

Take a shot every time he says "LNB"

I used to work on antenna design many years ago, the idea of a cantenna is not new, but it does work. The SO-239 connector, otherwise known as a "UHF" connector, is a very poor connector. Back in those days, in the early days of radio, 400-500 MHz was ultra high frequency, by today's standards, it's nothing. There are many connectors better at 2.4G than a good o'le uhf connector. Better choices are, SMA, N, BNC, and even an F connector. Attaching the connector to the can with hot glue, a very bad idea. That connection has to be as perfect as you can get, at least use four screws with nuts or even solder the connector to the can. The distance from the back of the can to the center point of the probe is very important. The length of the probe also important, as you illustrated. All microwave behaves using the principal of PFM, you can investigate PFM, I'm sure it's in text books somewhere. - Jim

I love how u just have this stuff around

Thank you for making this video. I've been very interested in electronics and my room does not get good wifi. I'm going to try this out and see if I can get at least a tiny bit stronger Wi-Fi. You are a really smart guy and don't listen to the haters.

Thanks! I finally can communicate with my family back home in Andromeda

I tried this and I am now posting from 230 years in the future with no way to get back. Thanks Kipkay!

I would love to see a more detailed explanation for the wifi extension mod, I recently found a metal dish in the garbage and have an extra wireless router. The other materials would be easy to come by but I need more to work with than what was provided. Either way its a great video and I always like what you put out Kipkay. Keep up the good work!

Man I still remember when things like this were a hit and he was the OG of DIY

Still one of my favorite channels your brilliance inspires me!

Looking forward to my HD antenna weekend project 😀

That satellite dish truly is a miracle of modern technology because when I was a kid our satellite dish was 8 feet wide!

That was one smooth ad transition. 😂 Cool Video!

gotta love kipkay!

Kipkay that was actually a really good video

When I found such a satellite dish at the road side, I made it into a bird bath.

sorting through all the mediocre stuff on you tube can be quite disheartening but you, my friend have some real genius here! Thank you so much for the tips, and please keep up the goo work.

The HD antenna hack is a fantastic project! I'm anxious to try making one for myself.

Clever gadgets...nice to have so many parts just laying around that just so happen to be perfect for the projects...

I used the dish for tv signal four years ago and still works like charm!👍

Wow nice DIY video guys, restore & reuse. Thanks for sharing

clear voice and beautiful presentation

I used mine for a bird bath, works great !

I was thinking about making something like the solar cooker but then I remembered, I live in Arizona, all I need is a pot and the sun!

The 1st one works a treat.! I'm using it to collect rain to water my plants, but it does work a treat.

Y'all inside the receiver part that faces the dish, has a couple circuit boards that are usually gold plated, and contain the good bits like tantalum capacitors, crystal oscillators, and gold containing chips. The housing is also cast aluminum for scrapping

real voice, real person, real smart, would be great to have around.

I love it how he says " we'll see you next time" when he can't see us and he is alone

Great video - thinking right out of the box !

Exactly what I was looking for. My dish is on a pole in the yard already and I have a similar $10 antenna. All I have to do is mount and turn. Thank you for this sir!

Everything fits perfectly

Im not a ENTHUSIAST in this stuff but, im into ham radio and just saying that the coax connector should probably be mounted with screws for best results. The reason is that radio waves pick up a lot of interference when not properly grounded btw I love your vids and have been a sub for a long time

Thank you for that info It's impressive and cool !

It's look working n logic for me.. Nice idea

I use mine as a wok, works perfect! And you get a lot of new recepies, all day....

Just a couple of things. Cutting the antenna wire to resonance will, most likely, improve the performance. Also soldering the connector to the can would work better than glue. Solder is conductive etc. I got a dish in my back yard, so who knows. Catch ya on 2.4GHz ? 🙂

Way cool. Would love to make the satellite cooker for camping 😃👍

Hi Mr. Kipkay, I watched your tutorial on how you repurposed a dish antenna to build wifi antenna. I will tell you that I learned what I never thought is possible with those dish antennas; though, I have one question. What is the size of the end of the coax cable you attached or screwed to the UHF Connector on the beans Can and the end to your router.

Well done and found it quite amazing and inspiring too!

#1 - 0:53 - Long range wifi antenna #2 - 3:42 - Parobolic ("spy") Microphone #3 - 4:42 - Long range HDTV grabber #4 - 6:27 - Satellite solor cooker #5 - 8:47 - 🖕for making me do this..

Your channel has always made my day. This video made my year.

Isn't it amazing how that "satellite" dish picked up a bunch of broadcast signals!?! WoW!

And it also works as a: Bluetooth Antenna FM Radio Antenna IP Camera Extender Drone Antenna Extender

It used to be a thing to cover one with foil, attach a grow light, and hang it in a closet. They fit great and reflect plenty of light to produce healthy plant or two. Just one of the many skills from my younger days not applicable to my current life.

Great video KipKay!

It had been a while since i last saw one of your videos. Your voice is so unique, i was happy come across this video. I like your cat too. Keep it up KipKay.

Why did this pop up in my recommended? I haven't searched this but I've been thinking it for a couple of days. Sometimes I swear KZfaq can read my mind.

cool ideas. just be aware that even though you got better wifi reception. 2 things: 1 as far as i know it is illegal in many place in the world to use wifi like that, just a FYI.2: dont glue use screws or something so that ground is connected. the matching in RF electronics like wifi is 50 ohms not paying attention will miss match the circuit and if your wifi pushes some some dBm's it could reflect and toast the final stage amplifier.mostly should be ok but as a elec tech in radar i pay allot of attention to this...other then that NICE HACKS

OMG!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you kipay...oh, and everyone else with your "this works, that works"! I love it! I've found my teachers and collaborators!

Excellent work Kipkay!! The best DIY videos on the net. How bout a cell signal booster Kipkay style?

Another project is using the satellite dish for a radio astronomy antenna . There are several videos here on KZfaq

2:29 use pop rivets or bolts for grounding.

LOL the side of baked beans made me laugh. Clever stuff Kip, thanks for sharing

Love the cooking idea for camping!

Kipkay is the best i was started watching your video since i was 14 now i'm 25 you are still the best keep it up the good work !

A while ago I was on active duty far off in the deserts of Fort Irwin, CA. I and my colleagues had spotty service so I made a similar device using a the concave bottom of a can and cut up my longest charging cord. Placed it from a calculated focal point from my dish I ran the cord to my phones antenna and BOOM i had service. They didnt believe it so I made calls and received messages as I was dialing the numbers, other soldiers came by and used it to improve their service.

Absolute quality!!!

You're a man after my own heart. Love what you do. Thanks for sharing.

So if I use any TV antenna and a dish I’ll get better reception ? Is that what you’re showing ? Thanks

I miss tux :(

This is awesome, I can choose what to make out of mine. thanks man! God Bless

I enjoyed the tips, very useful.

kipkay: Out of the 40 digital channels you grabbed, how far away was the farthest one? I love this video.

Hey Dude, Been catching your voice over work. Good job!

Wonderful achievement by you👏

Nice video. Thanks for the tips.

MAKE A PART 2 THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!! LIKE IF YOU AGREE

i really enjoyed this video, thanku:)

I’m also using a repurposed dish in conjunction with a tv antenna. The improvement is definitely worth the time to set it up.

We love ❤️ your video’s in Australia 🇦🇺