There is one SMALL problem with your Hypothesis. RF is transmitted by Electrons. Light is transmitted by Photons. Science has a rather good handle on Electrons but Photons are still not fully understood!!!
Apples & Oranges!! August W8MIA ==================================================================== -- In [email protected], "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The advantage of a dark antennas is how snow and ice might melt > off it faster... and most of all how you can't easily see a black > mobile whip on your car so it tends not to get tampered with as > much. > > s. > > > Roger Grady <k9opo@> wrote: > > > > At 12:39 PM 2/21/2007, Steve Bosshard \(NU5D\) wrote: > > > > >Regarding a clean and shiny antenna, we had a discussion at coffee. The > > >preposition was that radio waves and light have many similarities, ie., > > >wavelength, reflection, Fresnel behavior, and so forth. Using these > > >similarities, a mirror reflects light, and a dark surface absorbs > light, > > >sooooooooooooooooo, wouldn't a shiny antenna reflect incoming > signals while > > >a dark colored antenna absorbs signals? This may only apply to > receiving > > >antennas - hope I can get this idea to market before the April 1 > edition of > > >QST.. .... .. .... .. de nu5d > > > > Cute idea. However... How do you know aluminum that's shiny or black at > > visible light frequencies is still shiny or black at radio frequencies? > > Maybe RF black is visible day-glo orange, or pea-soup green. Or > maybe it > > would absorb light so well as to be invisible. I think this would > make a > > good April 1 article. I haven't written one for our repeater club > > newsletter for a few years, maybe it's time for another. Assuming > you don't > > mind if I borrow your premise. > > > > As I think about it a vague sense of deja-vu is forming. Maybe there > was an > > April Fool's article years ago somewhere about invisible antennas? > > > > Roger Grady K9OPO > > >
