12dBi Panel Wifi Antenna vs a Rusty Nail!

12dBi Panel Wifi Antenna vs a Rusty Nail!
Picked this up last year when on holiday, it turned out to be a bit lacking in performance maybe that’s why it has a windows vista sticker on it!
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[@andrewmcneil]

So should I cut and tune a rusty nail @2.4GHz so it can make an appearance in future videos?

[@InvadersDie]

If you could try it first with just getting the lenght right'ish that would be really interesting to see if any other modifications would improve it significantly

[@ZhekaTrololo]

Definitely!

[@MontisTube]

Oh yeah! Rusty nail FTW!

[@34snip]

haha, yeah pretty fun project!

[@alexbaker2145]

Heck yeah!

[@SteveAB4EL]

As we say here in the former Brit colonies: *YOU NAILED IT!* Love it!

[@Sp3ktral22]

Fantastic to see you back. Fabulous and interesting content! 👍

[@aaronblakeley9442]

"The case is nice..." now that's a positive attitude!

[@clackdwack]

Good to see you back making videos. Was getting worried

[@angelicspectra]

"The case is quite nice ... I could squeeze something in that's a bit more powerful ..." like a rusty nail?

[@criptocoinpools5967]

haha XD the famous old rusty! maybe a multi nail element perform better than everything ? XD

[@Migueldeservantes]

I think that the RUSTY NAIL ANTENNA can be traded as a sales pitch!! Love the video, thank you very much!!

[@qcsupport2594]

Had quite a good chuckle, thanks andrew.

[@Dr_Wrong]

Wonderfully hilarious! Love the rusty nail! Visual superb!

[@Ed-em6mf]

Rusty nail wifi antenna?! Guess quarantine takes its toll... :D

[@xoox870]

Another reason that the rusty nail is better is that the FAKE chinese antennas are copper patches, but the monopole rusty nail is FERRO-MAGNETIC which means that the magnetic coupling is going to be far superior if tuned properly.

[@rvdboston9568]

Seller didn't lie. It's 12DBI, not 12dBi, whatever that means. Also, you didn't hook it up to Windows via USB. What would you expect?

[@nightcrows787]

What is the size longwise and nail demensions ,3 inch nail ? thank you in advance.

[@stevenheiser6888]

Looks like we get wifi during the apocalypse!

[@oggyosbourne]

Nice video like always Andrew :) Rusty Nail antenna maybe a new product to sell on eBay? :P

[@haggar11]

🤣🤣🤣 for €3 you get away with a nice new project box and SMA connector, provided that the cable is reasonable! BTW did you check it might be down to the quality of the coax cable?!

[@pope117]

Man I love that

[@groovejet33]

So these antenna that are poor quality? can you show how you could convert a poor unit into something you could use, and get decent signal from?

[@mrgreenswelding2853]

I just bought 2 of these for my drone. Is there any way to make a 12db pbc for them.

[@dtesta]

Wait! Did you just remove the antenna durring the scan? What happened to never leave an antenna connection open when power is applied?

[@xoox870]

"THAT'S PRETTY DAMN POOR !" for a FAKE antenna @ 7:35 = the conclusion

[@marcino7769]

That is the best antenna compare ever. My Asus router needs better antennas. Where do I have rusty nails?

[@djtahir7752]

Good job sir ...

[@Funibert-Fox]

So cool, love it

[@eformance]

Looks like 12dB to me, a 12dB pad!

[@dnel83]

Manufacturer: did I say gain? I meant a 12 SWR

[@zsoltibitter8761]

I would be interested what does the Alfa antenne look lilke from inside :D if it has some more serious PCB inside :D I doubt

[@andrewmcneil]

Pretty sure I have coved them somewhere on the channel

[@zsoltibitter8761]

@@andrewmcneil yeah i have alredy found it. thank you :)

[@morning1500]

Notice that it doesn't actually say "12dBi... It says "12D BI". THAT is how they get away with it! Like those little PC speakers with 2" drivers, and a 300ma "wall wart" power supply... with a "power rating" listed as such: "180 Watts P.M.P.O." They call that "Peak Music Power Output"... which is so absolutely absurd as to be LAUGHABLE!!! :D They play tricks with the labeling to skirt the law against "false advertising".

[@jamesvandamme7786]

Can't see what you're displaying on the screen. Is it S11? How many dB/div?

[@-miloudinformatics2111]

انت جيد استادي اشكرك على هده الدروس والمعلومات الجقيمة شكرا

[@zsoltibitter8761]

What is this software you are using?

[@andrewmcneil]

vistumbler

[@zsoltibitter8761]

@@andrewmcneil thank you

[@beehphy]

You must have miss read the label. It was -12dbi.

[@ANGELFRIEND62962]

The company must have thought wifi signals are attracted to the antenna design, not to the functionality LOL

[@sierraecho884]

HAHAHAHAHA The MIGHY RUSTY NAIL!!! Awesome xD

[@fiadfreg8604]

Praise be to safety

[@Oldradioguy2]

This virus pandemic has given us an excuse to work on useful projects like this in our labs, LOL. I've been testing various antennas and plotted their response to try to find at least one that I can use with my Advantest R3271A SA to look at signals in the 1.9 to 26.5 GHz range. Some of them look like the PC board that you found inside the "12 dB antenna". At certain frequencies, a paper clip does a better job!

[@МаксимДор-в4п]

SUPER

[@360.Tapestry]

hilarious. thanks for the laugh

[@rtv1196]

I wish I saw this video earlier :(

[@GhVost]

Rusty nail award!

[@Simon-lj8bb]

Nice...

[@hyqhyp]

You shouldn't have mentioned the rusty nail. Now we'll see rusty nail antennas coming in from China.

[@real4487]

Nail Antenna made by Rust.eze

[@ВаноФранковец]

nice joke, but why wouldn't you made a some kind of a foil screen

[@carlomariamosco]

Sold in Italy, symbolic sign of the decline of this natuon

[@cdpch]

12dbi more like -12dbi This antenna is barely better than no antenna at all lol

[@tmpserg]

Британские ученые аплодируют стоя

[@samfisher7328]

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[@samfisher7328]

@@regoldberg weird flex, but OK.

[@Zinacharme]

now that's funny !!!

[@yeoldegrumpy-git1483]

before seeing video let me guess the winner is the Rusty Nail

[@andrewmcneil]

Did I give to much away in the title? ;-)

[@alk555]

Lol.

[@bicanoo_magic3452]

Hilarious....