Re: [Elecraft] Car interior antennas...

2017-07-16 Thread Matt Zilmer
Fractal antennas are used for multi-band point of sale and similar terminals, plus quite a number cell phones. They are die-cut and cost about $0.05 to make in quantity. I had a job interview in 2009 with a POS terminal manufacturer in Phoenix and the fractal antenna was one of the "tricks"

[Elecraft] Car interior antennas...

2017-07-16 Thread Emory Schley
I'm certainly no expert here but a fellow I know once told me that fractal antennas were showing up in car interiors because they're efficient, quite small and don't use much material to construct. Something about punching them out with a die... didn't quite understand what he was saying