http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx...age/view1.html
got me thinking about all those long AC wires to the pumps on the
farm. When not in use they could instead be used as antennas, eh?
One would use a double knife switch of course to make sure AC would
supposedly never get to our transceiver.

This would probably be a violation of the electrical code, everywhere
in the United States, due to the obvious safety issues. I'd really
suggest against doing anything like this.

Say, would water in long plastic pipes count as an antenna? I suppose
it would have to be rather impure water.

Unless you're raising a crop of nori or other seaweed, and are piping
around a mess of sea-water, I don't think the water in your pipes
would have anywhere near a high enough conductivity to serve as a
useful antenna.

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