This one is HILARIOUS, and I’ve done it —it works.
ALL KINDS of people will love this, and will stop to ask you about it —the MacGuyvor factor is SUPER high with this one —they will look at you like you’re ET, phoning home.
Mount it on top of a camera tripod, and it’s a total scream. And really cheap. I love this stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozOMtqPOESo&feature=related
You can use many things for the signal collector:
1. strainer
2. collander
3. wok
4. oven burner protector thang
5. discarded Direct TV dish
6. metallic snow disk (this is a sled, but looks like 1/2 of a UFO)
My friend used #5 to collect and reflect the signal into a cantenna which had a signal condenser —it would suck in signals from over 9 miles away —really high performance. In an urban area most folks will pick up 9 signals, but w/this thang he picked up about 200.
You can get those dishes used on craiglist —my buddy bought his for $15.
The software that comes with the Wi-Fire device is good and permits a CONSTANT REFRESH of all signals detected.
In this way the engineer gains more timely feedback regarding the fitness of any dish adjustment —this precludes the need to laboriously/repeatedly hit “refresh” for the signals detected.