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   rbowman to The Natural Philosopher   
   Re: More on wifi range - Pi PICO W Oil l   
   25 Dec 25 02:29:33   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.raspberry-pi   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:16:27 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > On 24/12/2025 07:58, mm0fmf wrote:   
   >> On 11/12/2025 21:18, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> Home made with a box of Pringles. just google for "pringles wifi   
   >>> antenna".   
   >>   
   >> Also Google cutoff frequency and see that the Pringle tube is too small   
   >> in diameter to be effective at 2.4GHz.   
   >>   
   > Assuming that is a relevant issue.   
   >   
   > Shouting down a pipe whose diameter is way less than the wavlength of   
   > voice frequencies, still works....   
      
   True, but the benefits of impedance matching with a megaphone were   
   discovered long ago.   
      
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