On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 18:13:25 -0400, rickman wrote:

More abominations:
http://www.freeantennas.com
https://www.google.com/search?q=chinese+wok+wifi+antenna&biw=1511&bih=859 &tbm=isch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WokFi
etc...

Remember: The uglier the antenna, the better it works.

Which of those can be bought off the shelf for ~$5?

None of them. However, you can get something for that price at a
thrift shop or garage sale. If you want cheap, two pieces of box
cardboard and some aluminum foil to form a corner reflector.

I don't care so
much about ugly, I care about easy.

You're not qualified to determine if something is ugly. That's the
job of the wife or ladyfriend.

I don't know about easy. Everything I do seems to suddenly have
become difficult. Today is typical. To get on the internet, I had to
"borrow" the neighbors XfinityWiFi (Comcast) connection because mine
is down. My TurboTax won't install on XP. Etc. Nothing is easy.

Heck, the shop lamp reflector gives
you a spare electric socket and includes a mounting clamp! Hard to beat...

Actually, I have one just like that. The clamp and swivel joint both
slip. Any incandescent lamp over 60 watts burns up. CCFL lamps will
shatter when dropped.


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Jeff Liebermann
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