On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:30:30 -0700, John Smith
wrote:

On 9/2/2010 1:18 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

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After crossing the Red Sea, the next step was to setup an antenna and
make some contacts on the other side, which would certainly have
qualified as a new country. Not having any wire antennas handy, we
used the next best thing:
"Sea Water Antenna"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tIZUhu21sQ

The losses and problems with that will keep a tinkerer quite happy for a
lifetime. Reminds me of an old antenna I seen which used a thick quartz
tube and was filled to appropriate heights to tune resonance. Was very
interesting, and a fun toy for the owner, but I am waiting to see it in
mass production.

For some, no proof in possible, even with YouTube videos.

Let's pretend you just marched across the Red Sea, on sea urchin and
coral encrusted sandals. You follow Moses until you get to Mt Sinai.
The boss then disappears up the mountain, and comes back with some
rather draconian rules and regulations. He then grabs all the metal
he can find and uses it to build the Ark of the Covenant, which was
suppose to be some kind of transmitter to talk to God or perhaps
aliens in their flying saucers. With all the metal used, what do you
use for an antenna? Of course, salt water.... and you wonder why part
of the Passover ritual is dipping just about everything into salt
water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_the_Covenant
God was said to have communicated with Moses "from between
the two cherubim" on the Ark's cover (Exodus 25:22).
One theory has it that the Ark was an arc lamp, which is close enough
to a spark gap xmitter to qualify as a transmitter:
http://einhornpress.com/holyark.aspx

Ok, let's forget the salt water antenna. Maybe an inflatable antenna
would be more practical. An inflatable antenna certainly would be
more useful for getting cell phone coverage for the multitudes in the
middle of the desert:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ltaprojects#p/u
http://towers.ltaprojects.com/LTA_Towers/LTA_Tower_Home.html
(formerly Bosch Aerospace). Can you hear me now?



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