Wok Saves TV Station.

By Alex in Everything Else on Feb 22, 2007 at 3:46 pm

Why buy expensive commercial transmitter to run your TV station when a $10 wok does just fine? New Zealand "45 South" TV station volunteer Ken Jones explains:

"A group of us wanted to connect our computers to each other and then we worked out a way to get of getting the signal between two points," he said.

He discovered satellite dishes were between $100 to $400 retail and that smaller dishes, the same size as a wok, were $80.

Mr Jones thought he could do better.

Along with friend Murray Bobbette they worked out mathematical equations to prove the curved metal face of a wok would have the same effect as a small satellite dish.

Link – via reddit


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  1. hana
    Feb 22nd, 2007 at 6:31 pm

    yeah, it worked, but they only get cooking shows…

  2. aj
    Feb 22nd, 2007 at 9:39 pm

    perhaps the durability of a proper satellite dish make up for the extra cost. Woks are hardly designed for outdoor use.

  3. Bluglo
    Feb 22nd, 2007 at 10:21 pm

    Mock my wok and I’ll clean your clock.

  4. bob
    Feb 22nd, 2007 at 10:51 pm

    I think anything parabolic should work.

  5. manuka
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 5:01 pm

    The “WokFi” approach this TV lin uses was first developed by fellow Kiwi’s at Massey University in 2004. Refer the extremely popular (1000s of hits daily) support web site => http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz


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