G.T. Tyson wrote:

When one is referring to a directional recieving antenna, where does
the word Yagi come from? Is it the name of the person who invented it,
or is there a different story behind it? Just curious...

It was invented in the 1930s by Mr. Yagi and Mr. Uda, whom I think were at
the University in Kyoto. Their book is still in print, I believe.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."