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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They just kept wiggling the coat hanger until the signal cleared up

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It was much more complicated than that.

They also had to wrap half a roll of tin foil around the antennas.