On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 10:36 PM jim bell <[1]jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:

   From: coderman <[2]coderman@gmail.com>
   Sbject: Re: [tor-talk] Using SDR

   On 2/5/16, Sean Lynch <[3]seanl@literati.org> wrote:

   > The older, lower-tech version of this trick is to use a high-gain
   antenna
   > like the Cantenna or a Yagi to use a public wifi AP from a stealthy,

   Initially, I was confused about this.  To me, a "Cantenna" was
   Heathkit's name (in about 1970 or so) for a dummy-load built from a
   1 gallon paint can with a non-inductive resistor inside, immersed in
   transformer oil, capable of dissipating 1 Kw or so.
   Showing my age.
   Now, on Google-search, I see it as an antenna built with a tin can.

   Sorry about that. I had initially considered including a reference, but
   I figured it was an easily Googlable term. Name collisions hadn't
   occurred to me. My radio knowledge is a mix of modern Ham education and
   1950s era Ham education, the latter because those were the books my
   tiny middle school had in its library :)

References

   1. mailto:jdb10987@yahoo.com
   2. mailto:coderman@gmail.com
   3. mailto:seanl@literati.org