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![]() "Frank White" wrote in message ... The secret word where antennas are concerned is... Slinky. I don't know why they work, but they do. Please elaborate. |
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![]() They work because they are made of metal. :-) Well, yeah. But so's a hundrded feet of stretched out wire. And when you can attach an antenna wire to a Slinky, hang it out a window, and get BETTER reception than the hundred feet of wire... Wassa Slinky???? |
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Steve Day wrote:
They work because they are made of metal. :-) Well, yeah. But so's a hundrded feet of stretched out wire. And when you can attach an antenna wire to a Slinky, hang it out a window, and get BETTER reception than the hundred feet of wire... Wassa Slinky???? You know you're getting old when the younger generation has never heard of a slinky. :-) -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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In article , N8KDV
writes: The secret word where antennas are concerned is... Slinky. I don't know why they work, but they do. FW Theys works because they are made of metal. :-) A slinky is about 30 feet long, and its the extra, multiple antenna lengths that count.. ( & your car is REALLY gonna look funky if you stretch a slinky cross da roof ![]() - anyone asks, tell em it eliminates Alien abductions |
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"Slinky Slinky. Such a wonderful toy".
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Don't Slink around -- put up a real antenna. Tell neighbors it is a burglar
alarm. wrote in message ... "Slinky Slinky. Such a wonderful toy". |
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![]() The secret word where antennas are concerned is... Slinky. I don't know why they work, but they do. Please elaborate. Err ??? Whats a slinky???? |
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A toy spiral wire thingy that could walk down stair steps -- seriously.
Makes a makeshift antenna. Now available commercially -- URL: http://www.antennasmore.com/helitrix.htm ------------------------------------------ "Steve Day" wrote in message ... The secret word where antennas are concerned is... Slinky. I don't know why they work, but they do. Please elaborate. Err ??? Whats a slinky???? |
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