"W4JLE" w4jle(remove to wrote in message
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That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are
different.

I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is
simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural.

Nope, antennae only applies to bugs, the devices used to receive radio waves
are antennas.

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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"W4JLE" w4jle(remove to wrote in message
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That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types
are
different.

I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is
simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural.

Nope, antennae only applies to bugs, the devices used to receive radio waves
are antennas.

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
...

"W4JLE" w4jle(remove to wrote in message
...
That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types
are
different.

I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is
simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural.

Actually I am not trying to design antennas ( 500Mhz to 1Ghz- I guess
this gives you information about what sort they are), I am trying to
buy them on a pcb or small chips that could be mounted on a PCB.

Thanks,
Adam


"JOE" wrote in message ...
What other sorts of antennas are there exactly? Audio? Light?
Tactile?

Thought they ALL were RF in nature....

could be wrong....

JOE


"erdem" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,

I am looking for rf antennas that could fit into a 1" by 1" plastic
case, operating frequency 500Mhz. They could also be pcb antennas.
Could you suggest me some places to lookfor?

Thanks,
Adam

Actually I am not trying to design antennas ( 500Mhz to 1Ghz- I guess
this gives you information about what sort they are), I am trying to
buy them on a pcb or small chips that could be mounted on a PCB.

Thanks,
Adam


"JOE" wrote in message ...
What other sorts of antennas are there exactly? Audio? Light?
Tactile?

Thought they ALL were RF in nature....

could be wrong....

JOE


"erdem" wrote in message
om...
Hi all,

I am looking for rf antennas that could fit into a 1" by 1" plastic
case, operating frequency 500Mhz. They could also be pcb antennas.
Could you suggest me some places to lookfor?

Thanks,
Adam

W4JLE wrote:
That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are
different.

My guess is that the plural for insect antennae came from Latin
and the plural for RF antennas came from a more modern language.
The word "antenna" entered the English language around 1646
from Middle Latin according to my dictionary. There were no
RF antennas in 1646, at least not on purpose.
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W4JLE wrote:
That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are
different.

My guess is that the plural for insect antennae came from Latin
and the plural for RF antennas came from a more modern language.
The word "antenna" entered the English language around 1646
from Middle Latin according to my dictionary. There were no
RF antennas in 1646, at least not on purpose.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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Brenda Ann wrote:
I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is
simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural.

My unabridged dictionary says that antennas is the plural of
RF antenna and antennae is the plural of insect antenna.
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Brenda Ann wrote:
I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is
simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural.

My unabridged dictionary says that antennas is the plural of
RF antenna and antennae is the plural of insect antenna.
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"erdem" wrote in message
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Actually I am not trying to design antennas ( 500Mhz to 1Ghz- I guess
this gives you information about what sort they are), I am trying to
buy them on a pcb or small chips that could be mounted on a PCB.

Your wavelength of interest is 3cm at a minimum...
you're trying to put them into a box smaller than
that.

How much gain should this antenna have? How
broad-banded does it have to be? How much
power does it have to handle? What kind of
polarization do I want? These are basic
questions you should answer.
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Steve
KI5YG/EA
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