Comments on: Woktenna for 3G

By: George Bray

George Bray — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:43:01 +0000

Hi Richard,
The fruit bowl is made of mesh steel, beer coaster is just cardboard.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:23:11 +0000

Greetings from South Africa…please tell me what material is the fruit bowl and beer coaster made? and where does the drink bottle lid go…I presume made of metal. Your help will be appreciated…….Regards

By: Benjamin Close

Benjamin Close — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:24:03 +0000

Hmm, I always thought that the formula for the focal point of a parabolic dish was F = D^2/16d you’ve got it as F= D^2/4d

By: George Bray

George Bray — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:22:14 +0000

Gaurav, the main difference with using a larger dish is getting a better signal, which in turn can give you better throughput.

You can’t really hurt the USB modem by attaching a larger antenna. This will help it receive a weak 3G signal. If the signal is too weak or there is too much noise then it will be hard to improve it. Certainly using a parabaloid dish like this instead of the built-in small antenna gives much better, directional, results.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:20:47 +0000

How much speed increase did you experienced? Would there be a change if bigger bowl than this? And would there be a speed increase if I attack a radio type antenna to it or will it be harmful to the device?

By: George Bray

George Bray — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:13:34 +0000

Ha, well I was buying on parabaloid-ness not price. Not sure what the reaction will be. It could be described as “art”, which might fit in well there.

It might have to be mounted outdoors, in which case I shall require a zip-lock bag of some sort and ANOTHER cable tie.

By: M0les

M0les — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:06:42 +0000

I don’t know about you, but my mum would be less than pleased with having that anywhere near where she lived.

I suspect buying an actual wok may have been cheaper (unless fruit bowl was already in stock and surplus to requirements).