Cecil,

No, it won't work.

Mercury, being a liquid at normal temperatures, is subject to
hydrodynamic wave action. The RF couples into the hydrodynamic modes,
and the resulting interference energy waves cause cancellation of the
antiglare properties at the ends of the tube. The RF then leaks out and
does not launch into the desired radio waves.

Of course the mercury has high local proton density, so it has been
claimed that even small amounts of proton decay can negate the RF to
hydrodynamic coupling, thereby allowing the essential glare properties
to be maintained.

8-)

73,
Gene, W4SZ



Cecil Moore wrote:
Forget about the feasibility of this question for the moment.
Could a column of mercury inside a tube of glass be used as an
antenna?
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73, Cecil, W5DXP



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