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Larry
 
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"stan" wrote in
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I look to the experts to tell me wether this is something which
works or not.

Stan


There used to be a CB magazine that always had antenna projects in it.

In the last April Issue, there was a big project called the "Butterfly
Antenna", made out of wire like a coathanger of old, that looked like a
large butterfly...body, wings and all.

In the LAST May issue, the readers were informed of the April Fool's Joke,
the Butterfly Antenna. CBers who had worked all month to build, erect and
spent hours trying to get it to work were NOT amused! By September, the
magazine was discontinued, never to be heard from again.....I forget its
name....(c;

The word BLUNDER comes to mind.....

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Larry

Little antennas have little signals.....Big antennas have big signals....
It's why 50 KW AM radio stations have huge multi-tower arrays, not hidden
antennas in a desk....


......which SUCK!
 
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