@glennblum
Thanks for full details. Will give it a try.
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OK, I will go to Walmart, or any other Supermarket and buy a 29 oz (880 ml) can of Corn or beans.
US Can Size | Capacity (US fl oz) | Capacity ml | Dia x Height (inch) | Dia x Height (mm) |
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No. 2.5 | 29.79 | 880 | 41⁄16 x 411⁄16 | 103 x 119 |
So I tried the veggie can as a 1/4 wave cantenna- less positive results for me personally. First, I used the 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes on a homemade pizza. (That is an important step in the project.) The now empty 75mm x 112mm can was outfitted with F connector and 68.7 mm net 16 gauge copper wire stripped out of some Romex house cable. Tried varying gains, with and without additional FA filter with a 25ft RG6 quad shield run- I just wasn’t seeing any strong results. Maybe the wire gauge of the antenna element is an issue.
Since this conversation has wandered a bit ( lots, maybe ?) away from the original posters questions, I created a new one to pick up on my Veggie Can Mark II design
Coke can worked better than 15oz and 29oz can during my testing. This was using abcd’s instructions from a couple years back.
I’ve been running this cantenna for 4 years now. That’s a 1/4 wave copper wire soldered straight into an so239. Never had the desire for anything better. I’m getting 400+ Msgs/sec and ranges > 200 NM. Running an old pi2+ with mutibility
I suppose I should have backed up those last statistics with a shot from dump1090. I seem to have better stats than my nearest neighbors, so feel like I must have something right.
Looks like you are in a great location, wide open view of the horizon and no building / noise around