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I have antennas on my head
Is it possible that I´m an alien from Outer space or am I just a mutant?
But at least I receive music from all over the world. |
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says... Is it possible that I´m an alien from Outer space or am I just a mutant? But at least I receive music from all over the world. What, simultaneously? That's gotta make for one whopper of a headache. ;-) Odd that you should mention antennas on one's head. I've seen a couple of hams mount an SO239 through the top of a hard hat, glue aluminum foil connected to the shield side on the inner surface, and attach a 2m or 440 flexi-whip to the topside for use with their handheld. It apparently works pretty well, but it's not something I would choose to do. -- Dr. Anton Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute (Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR) kyrrin a/t bluefeathertech d-o=t c&o&m Motorola Radio Programming & Service Available - http://www.bluefeathertech.com/rf.html "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (Red Green) |
Dr. Anton Squeegee wrote:
In article , says... Is it possible that I?m an alien from Outer space or am I just a mutant? But at least I receive music from all over the world. What, simultaneously? That's gotta make for one whopper of a headache. ;-) Odd that you should mention antennas on one's head. I've seen a couple of hams mount an SO239 through the top of a hard hat, glue aluminum foil connected to the shield side on the inner surface, and attach a 2m or 440 flexi-whip to the topside for use with their handheld. It apparently works pretty well, but it's not something I would choose to do. Shiny side out, Anton? I've also seen more than a few folks put a GPS antenna inside a hat or cap, so that the only thing showing is the lead down to the GPS. It takes _all_ kinds, as the saying runs. -- Why would burglars need to look for a back door when they can climb in through the Windows? -- Norman L. DeForest |
Dr. Anton Squeegee wrote:
In article , says... Is it possible that I?m an alien from Outer space or am I just a mutant? But at least I receive music from all over the world. What, simultaneously? That's gotta make for one whopper of a headache. ;-) Odd that you should mention antennas on one's head. I've seen a couple of hams mount an SO239 through the top of a hard hat, glue aluminum foil connected to the shield side on the inner surface, and attach a 2m or 440 flexi-whip to the topside for use with their handheld. It apparently works pretty well, but it's not something I would choose to do. Shiny side out, Anton? I've also seen more than a few folks put a GPS antenna inside a hat or cap, so that the only thing showing is the lead down to the GPS. It takes _all_ kinds, as the saying runs. -- Why would burglars need to look for a back door when they can climb in through the Windows? -- Norman L. DeForest |
"Dr. Anton Squeegee" wrote:
In article , says... Is it possible that I´m an alien from Outer space or am I just a mutant? But at least I receive music from all over the world. What, simultaneously? That's gotta make for one whopper of a headache. ;-) Odd that you should mention antennas on one's head. I've seen a couple of hams mount an SO239 through the top of a hard hat, glue aluminum foil connected to the shield side on the inner surface, and attach a 2m or 440 flexi-whip to the topside for use with their handheld. It apparently works pretty well, but it's not something I would choose to do. -- Dr. Anton Squeegee Don't forget the battery powered AM tube radio built on a pith helmet, with the tubes sticking out the top! ;-) I think it was Bill Morris who posted a picture on news:alt.binaries.radio.pictures a couple months back. -- 24 days! Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
"Dr. Anton Squeegee" wrote:
In article , says... Is it possible that I´m an alien from Outer space or am I just a mutant? But at least I receive music from all over the world. What, simultaneously? That's gotta make for one whopper of a headache. ;-) Odd that you should mention antennas on one's head. I've seen a couple of hams mount an SO239 through the top of a hard hat, glue aluminum foil connected to the shield side on the inner surface, and attach a 2m or 440 flexi-whip to the topside for use with their handheld. It apparently works pretty well, but it's not something I would choose to do. -- Dr. Anton Squeegee Don't forget the battery powered AM tube radio built on a pith helmet, with the tubes sticking out the top! ;-) I think it was Bill Morris who posted a picture on news:alt.binaries.radio.pictures a couple months back. -- 24 days! Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 15:34:22 +0000 (UTC), (Mike
Andrews) wrote: Dr. Anton Squeegee wrote: In article , says... Is it possible that I?m an alien from Outer space or am I just a mutant? But at least I receive music from all over the world. What, simultaneously? That's gotta make for one whopper of a headache. ;-) Odd that you should mention antennas on one's head. I've seen a couple of hams mount an SO239 through the top of a hard hat, glue aluminum foil connected to the shield side on the inner surface, and attach a 2m or 440 flexi-whip to the topside for use with their handheld. It apparently works pretty well, but it's not something I would choose to do. Shiny side out, Anton? I've also seen more than a few folks put a GPS antenna inside a hat or cap, so that the only thing showing is the lead down to the GPS. In 'Amateur Radio Techniques' by Pat Hawker (RSGB publications) there's a design called a 'titfer' for a hat antenna for 2m operation. -- "I expect history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 15:34:22 +0000 (UTC), (Mike
Andrews) wrote: Dr. Anton Squeegee wrote: In article , says... Is it possible that I?m an alien from Outer space or am I just a mutant? But at least I receive music from all over the world. What, simultaneously? That's gotta make for one whopper of a headache. ;-) Odd that you should mention antennas on one's head. I've seen a couple of hams mount an SO239 through the top of a hard hat, glue aluminum foil connected to the shield side on the inner surface, and attach a 2m or 440 flexi-whip to the topside for use with their handheld. It apparently works pretty well, but it's not something I would choose to do. Shiny side out, Anton? I've also seen more than a few folks put a GPS antenna inside a hat or cap, so that the only thing showing is the lead down to the GPS. In 'Amateur Radio Techniques' by Pat Hawker (RSGB publications) there's a design called a 'titfer' for a hat antenna for 2m operation. -- "I expect history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
I had a friend that I used to like to run around with. He always had some good
C & W music for me......... sometimes reception was better than others though. Bill |
I had a friend that I used to like to run around with. He always had some good
C & W music for me......... sometimes reception was better than others though. Bill |
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Jack Twilley wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 "Mike" == Mike Andrews writes: [... cranial antenna discussion elided ...] Mike I've also seen more than a few folks put a GPS antenna inside a Mike hat or cap, so that the only thing showing is the lead down to Mike the GPS. I wanted to do this, but the woman of the moment imposed her fashion veto. I settled for mounting the antenna on the top of my backpack, and it worked fine and didn't scare the children. Mike It takes _all_ kinds, as the saying runs. D'accord. But ... but if you put it on your backpack, then it winds up looking like one of the backpack GPSen from the Ashtech or Trimble catalog! Where's the fun in _that_? Now, if you mount one of the high-$, high-precision Trimble or Ashtech GPS antennas, complete with planar choke-ring array, on or under your hat, _that_ qualifies as well out on the tinfoil-hat axis. I wonder if my Garmin 76 will talk to one of those, and where I can get one cheap. -- I saw part of a telecast of some Wagner opera or other on TV one time. It took two characters the best part of an hour to say "Oh! Hello!" to each other. At that point I turned it off, even though I was in grave danger of missing the first five or six minutes of "How're you doing?" -- Dave Brown |
Jack Twilley wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 "Mike" == Mike Andrews writes: [... cranial antenna discussion elided ...] Mike I've also seen more than a few folks put a GPS antenna inside a Mike hat or cap, so that the only thing showing is the lead down to Mike the GPS. I wanted to do this, but the woman of the moment imposed her fashion veto. I settled for mounting the antenna on the top of my backpack, and it worked fine and didn't scare the children. Mike It takes _all_ kinds, as the saying runs. D'accord. But ... but if you put it on your backpack, then it winds up looking like one of the backpack GPSen from the Ashtech or Trimble catalog! Where's the fun in _that_? Now, if you mount one of the high-$, high-precision Trimble or Ashtech GPS antennas, complete with planar choke-ring array, on or under your hat, _that_ qualifies as well out on the tinfoil-hat axis. I wonder if my Garmin 76 will talk to one of those, and where I can get one cheap. -- I saw part of a telecast of some Wagner opera or other on TV one time. It took two characters the best part of an hour to say "Oh! Hello!" to each other. At that point I turned it off, even though I was in grave danger of missing the first five or six minutes of "How're you doing?" -- Dave Brown |
in the late seventies, i bought my first book on electronics. i bought
it because it was cheap, it was cheap because it came from the erstwhile russia. it was a really excellent book called 'entertaining electronics'. i really rocked. one of the more interesting stories was that of a man who went to his shrink saying that he was hearing voices in his head asking him to buy something or the other. after a while, he started reporting news, weather and sports! at this point, the shrink realised that this dude was actually able to hear radio broadcasts. they seem to be improving with age, literally. an investigation releaved that he had a recent tooth-capping done. the tooth-cap was slightly oxidised and the nerve-end formed a cats whiskers which was direclty pumping AM broadcasts into his nervous system! i don't know if the story was interesting, but it compelled me to read the entire chapter on holes and electrons. - farhan |
in the late seventies, i bought my first book on electronics. i bought
it because it was cheap, it was cheap because it came from the erstwhile russia. it was a really excellent book called 'entertaining electronics'. i really rocked. one of the more interesting stories was that of a man who went to his shrink saying that he was hearing voices in his head asking him to buy something or the other. after a while, he started reporting news, weather and sports! at this point, the shrink realised that this dude was actually able to hear radio broadcasts. they seem to be improving with age, literally. an investigation releaved that he had a recent tooth-capping done. the tooth-cap was slightly oxidised and the nerve-end formed a cats whiskers which was direclty pumping AM broadcasts into his nervous system! i don't know if the story was interesting, but it compelled me to read the entire chapter on holes and electrons. - farhan |
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