On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 11:22 AM, Trei, Peter wrote: > Detection range turns out to be function of antenna size - the reader's > antenna, not the one on the transponder. So if you have a big (eg, > doorframe size) antenna, you can do a lot better than the 'valid bill > detector' on the countertop.
A meter-sized antenna is not going to efficiently radiate sub-millimeter-sized waves. --Tim May "They played all kinds of games, kept the House in session all night, and it was a very complicated bill. Maybe a handful of staffers actually read it, but the bill definitely was not available to members before the vote." --Rep. Ron Paul, TX, on how few Congresscritters saw the USA-PATRIOT Bill before voting overwhelmingly to impose a police state
