Re: [BVARC] its official.

[Rick Hiller via BVARC]

Ham Radio gains one more antenna experimenter!!!!!! Sent from my i-Thingamajig On Feb 17, 2023, at 8:45 AM, M Reiter via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:  thats it,  I threw out an impossible wild idea and you all called my bluff,  i am done reading, I am just going to start wiring things up and passing current through them and see what happens,  wish me luck because clearly that is how you make an antenna, rub a leprechauns belly and throw electrons at the rainbow. marc. zombified, electrified, and stupefied. On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 5:58 PM Travis Burgess via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: https://www.technologyreview.com/2010/11/18/198879/navy-antenna-using-seawater-instead-of-metal/ Navy Antenna Using Seawater instead of Metal The Electrolytic Fluid Antenna has a range of 30 miles and could be used on sea or land. www.technologyreview.com Travis K5HTB From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> on behalf of Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2023 4:46 PM To: M Reiter via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> Cc: Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN <ka8...@ka8kpn.org> Subject: Re: [BVARC] its official.   On 2/16/23 12:25, M Reiter via BVARC wrote: > I have determined that the only common denominator is that antennas > must be made from metal. and someone will let me know that is also not so. Not so.  Any conductor will work as an antenna, including nonmetallic conductors.  I've even heard of antennas that are made of air ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/

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