You can coil it up for storage and point it out straight when in use. 22 gauge is perfect because it will bend and stay in place. The antenna will require 6.7' of 22 gauge copper or steel wire which is commonly found at craft stores and used for flower arrangements.

General clean-up of the overall Instructableġ.) Materials a.) 6.7' of 22 gauge copper or steel wire.

Added antenna tube cover to protect exposed wire (and add to overall durability).

Found and implemented ideal antenna length - 6.7' (based on whitepaper found here).

Note: For those of you already familiar with 'rev 1' of this Instructable, 'rev 2' adds the following: I would expect it to take 1 - 2 hrs if you're not familiar with the parts or basic electronics hacking. From start to finish this took me about 30 minutes. Hopefully this will help some of you out. Other than that, most people seem to like it. As soon as you step in the house (or even behind a tree when far away) the signal is either blocked or range is drastically reduced. Maverick claims 100' which I have verified to be true providing both the transmitter and receiver are outside and in line-of-sight of each other.

It's consistent downfall (as you may find from numerous user reviews) is range. It has two temperature probes (one for food, one for smoker) with completely independent alarm settings. This is functionally a fantastic remote thermometer. It can be purchased from my Amazon store here: While the process should be similar for almost all RF thermometers, the specific model I'm hacking is a 'Maverick RediChek Remote Wireless Smoker Thermometer Model ET-73'. This Instructable will describe a very simple process for increasing the range of a wireless BBQ thermometer.

Wifi vs bluetooth meat thermometer