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Re:I amplified my home's Wi-Fi with aluminum foil by oleh on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @03:05PM (#16010641)
Do not tilt the antenna though. Maximum emission of an dipole is perpendicular to its axis.
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Re:I amplified my home's Wi-Fi with aluminum foil by jacquesm on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @07:50PM (#16012042)
On occasion, going against the grain (in case of interference from another transmitter) can help if you can polarize the signal somehow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole_antenna

Of course you'd have to do the same thing at the receiver.

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Re:I amplified my home's Wi-Fi with aluminum foil by walshemj on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:26PM (#16016741)
you can for point to point use multiple ap with anteneas using differently polarised antenas - to increase the bandwidth
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Re:I amplified my home's Wi-Fi with aluminum foil by flattone on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @04:19PM (#16011106)
That seems intuitive and useful.
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