Activists creating decentralized mesh network that can't be blocked, filtered or silenced

[James Knott]

Mel Wilson wrote:
> I got interested in cantennas, is what this is all about.  Basically 
> take a used can of some suitable size, with one end cut off, put a 
> 1/4wave antenna 1/2wave from the closed end, and you beam your RF 
> signal directionally out the other end.  So you need to run cable from 
> the router to the 1/4wave antenna -- the stuff in the page you cited 
> seems just what I wanted.

When I first heard the name "Cantenna", this is what it referred to:
http://www.orcadxcc.org/content/cantenna_va7jw.pdf

I've had one for almost 40 years and they'd been available long before that.

After I built the kit, I went to Shoppers Drug Mart and bought 4 quarts 
(yes, it was that long ago) of mineral oil to fill it.  I wonder if the 
cashier thought I had a serious problem?  ;-)

I still have some of that oil, in the original jug, as I've never had 
any other need for it.
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