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.

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, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, KC7GR)
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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

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

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"Mike" =3D=3D Mike Andrews writes:

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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.

Jack.
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Jack Twilley
jmt at twilley dot org
http colon slash slash www dot twilley dot org slash tilde jmt slash
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"Mike" == Mike Andrews writes:

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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:
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"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

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

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"Mike" =3D=3D Mike Andrews writes:

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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.

Jack.
=2D --=20
Jack Twilley
jmt at twilley dot org
http colon slash slash www dot twilley dot org slash tilde jmt slash
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"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