[Elecraft] New antenna (Definitely OT)

[Carl Clawson]

There's another warning sign in the text accompanying the video. My
pseudoscience alarm went off when I read the following:

"SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific has developed a technology that uses the
magnetic induction properties of sodium chloride (salt) in sea water to
create UHF/VHF/HF antenna."

This is meaningless jargon...magnetic properties of salt or salt water have
nothing to do with it.

The aforementioned alarm is always triggered by "magnetic" being used in
conjunction with "antenna."

73 and thanks for listening,
Carl WS7L
K3 #486

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> > This will go nicely with my K3
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tIZUhu21sQ
> 
> Seawater has electrical conductivity of seven *orders* of 
> magnitude lower than copper!
> ...
> ...
> This could make a good water heater.  All that power has to go
> *somewhere* :-).