Odd Ebay Item

[ck3k]

My friend found this on Ebay.....kinda scary to me, guess some people just need some cash for the wardrive.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=1467

[$-|-@R_Br33D]

hehe...I saw the same thing..i got a kick out of it..At least hes trying...haha

[blackwave]

You are bidding on a chance to donate to my Defcon 11 Wardriving Contest Fund. Your equipment will be used for a good cause, below are some of items we would like to recrive:

2.4GHz Antennas or amps of any kind
Orinoco Gold or Silver PCMCIA Cards
A (working) mobile home or trailer, with enough sleeping space for 10 people
5 VISA Platinum Credit Cards (Minimum $10,000 Limit please)
Legal US Currency of any kind
Laptops, Computers less then 25 pounds and/or flat panel monitors
Omnidirectional DirecTV Satellite Antenna (Access cards with valid EPPROM image and/or HU (P3) or P4 Access Cards also accepted
Cat, Dog and/or bird to accompany us for this week long event
Modified D-Link or Linksys Access Points (would also accept Symbol or Cisco access points)
2 Meter magnetic mount ham radio antenna (50cm also accepted
AAA Gold Road Service Membership

hot damn, now that is one bid to watch...

[astcell]

I wonder if this donation is tax deductible. One thing for sure, it'd give me a chance to get rid of my neighbors cat!

[$-|-@R_Br33D]

mt neighbors got this mean ass weiner dog..I wonder how much next day air shipping would cost....hmm....

[TwinVega]

Originally posted by $-|-@R_Br33D
mt neighbors got this mean ass weiner dog..I wonder how much next day air shipping would cost....hmm....

Why the hurry?:D
And the seller I believe is this man... http://www.mysticunderground.net
Can't bash him for trying I guess.....

[KeLviN]

is there such thing as an "omni-directional dish"?
doesn`t that defeat the purpose of a dish?

[murakami]

Originally posted by TwinVega
Why the hurry?:D
And the seller I believe is this man... http://www.mysticunderground.net
Can't bash him for trying I guess.....

Scary to know that he or somebody he knows is an employee of the airline I fly on all all the time.

[octalpus]

Damn... wish I'd thought of that!

[octalpus]

Originally posted by KeLviN
is there such thing as an "omni-directional dish"?
doesn`t that defeat the purpose of a dish?

I believe he's referring to the sort of dish you use on RV's, so that you can watch TV while moving. Although, I though that it was still a uni-directional dish that was simply motorized and continuously tracking, rather than actually being omni-directional, but I could be wrong on that.

[converge]

You are correct... in a kinda perverted way, I guess you could call it omni, but it's not

It finds signal and , whooop, turns into one of those uni-directional devices mysteriously

Even if he succeeds... I'd wouldn't run out placing bets that he'll be successful when it comes time to operating during contest...

because.. knowing is half the battle

[blackwave]

antennas 101

omnidirectional means coming from all directions

unidirectional means either receiving the signal, or transmitting the signal, but not both... that would be bidirectional.

These are two different things, an antenna can be an omnidirectional-unidirectional antenna, and another antenna can be omnidirectional-bidirectional....

Otherwise if you are talking about a yagi antenna, that is just a directional... no prefix required, and of course you can have an directional-unidirectional, as well as a directional-bidirectional...

[KeLviN]

so am i right?

i thaught i had it all figured out.......now i'm just comfused....

[octalpus]

Originally posted by KeLviN
so am i right?

i thaught i had it all figured out.......now i'm just comfused....

The ones for RV's have a combination of the two, maybe? An omni-directional one to track where the signal is, and one that is directional that actually receives the signal. Either way, it's not your typical satellite dish.

[murakami]

Originally posted by octalpussy
The ones for RV's have a combination of the two, maybe? An omni-directional one to track where the signal is, and one that is directional that actually receives the signal. Either way, it's not your typical satellite dish.

Is this what you are referrring to?

It looks like it uses GPS to calculate angle and rotation based on the satellite you are trying to hit. Looks pretty cool, you can have satellite TV while moving - would be cool to pair it with broadband but now that Hughes DirecPC is dead and Starband/Gilat seems to barely alive this seems unlikely