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Old February 1st 10, 07:41 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
John Smith John Smith is offline
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Default Remarkably Small Antennas - Fact or Fiction

On 1/30/2010 11:24 AM, Helmut Wabnig wrote:

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Crack your cellphone and look at the antenna there.
Open your Bluetooth dongle.

Then calculate the lamda in air.


So what.
Ever heard about Epsilon?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon

w.


Exactly. My Bluetooth Dongle (and in no way representative of my real
dongle--either in size or performance! :-) ) is about the size of my
index finger nail. I'd imagine use of a suitable magnifying glass would
allow me to appraise the antenna it contains ...

Regards,
JS