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...

gtt

Actually, the correct name for the antenna is a "Yagi-Uda", named after the two
Japanese engineers who developed it.

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...

http://www.jpo.go.jp/seido_e/rekishi...tsugu_yagi.htm

(where you will find a photo of Dr. Yagi, holding his invention)

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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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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...

http://www.jpo.go.jp/seido_e/rekishi...tsugu_yagi.htm

(where you will find a photo of Dr. Yagi, holding his invention)

--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com


A Japanese friend of mine says that "yagi" means "goat" in Japanese. So the
antenna was invented by "Mr. Goat" and the antenna itself is the "goat
antenna."

Dave, K3WQ

Yagi is the name of the man who invented the antenna design which bears his name,
yes. I believe he was (or possibly still is) Japanese.
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"G.T. Tyson" wrote in message
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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...

gtt

"Bob Haberkost" wrote in message ...
Yagi is the name of the man who invented the antenna design which bears his name,
yes. I believe he was (or possibly still is) Japanese.
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"G.T. Tyson" wrote in message
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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...

gtt




The Yagi was invented by two Japanese engineers, Hidetsu Yagi and
Shintaro Uda back in the 1930's. I do not know if either is still
alive, but they called it a Yagi-Uda.

I do, however, know that there is no Mr. Crest.

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."

"G.T. Tyson" wrote in message
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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...

Yes.