# Hack saw, file, tin snips, wire strippers, a crescent wrench, flashlight. A high watt soldering iron can, and has, worked. # Soldering skills is a must, I used a propane torch for most of this project. Personally, this is about a cheap hack job, and I can get a lot more coverage with a old TV dish (direct tv style). There is a lot of science about which size dish to use for 2.4GHz. If making a parabolic dish, one will need a dish :) Recycled one if possible. #Coax, a LMR-195 if 5', RG-58 will work if the section is short. You can use anything coductive, I use copper because the ease of workability, and low loss however, you can use any metal for any part of the project. Copper clad PCB board works, I chose just a sheet of copper I found. # A piece of square, flat, copper, if using a parabolic dish the dimesions are 110x110mm, without 123x123mm is best. # A small section of 3/4 (or smaller) copper pipe, about 8". For the constuction of a Bi-Quad, the following parts are needed:
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