[ARC5] Fwd: Conductive fabric ... was [Glowbugs] RF Ground Underlayment
Roy Morgan
k1lky at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 19 16:22:37 EST 2013
> On Jan 19, 2013, at 2:07 AM, Michael Tauson wrote:
>> ... it could also be a wearable antenna by sewing a tuned length
>> into a
>> garment.
>
> It was a long time ago when Mr. Yagi and Mr. Uda (of Japan, yes?)
> published a paper outlining the basic idea of what we now know as
> the Yagi antenna. I used to work with a physicist and ham who had a
> fine sense of both adventure and humor. He once parked two Honda
> cars end to end and loaded them up in a balanced way on 40 meters
> for field day. He called it the Yagi-Uda-Honda.
> He is also known to have experimented with braziers for quite large
> size ladies having wire support structures, likely on much higher
> frequencies.Roy
Roy Morgan
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K1LKY Since 1958 - Keep 'em Glowing!
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