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-=jd=- wrote:
On 13 Aug 2003, "mary" wrote in : This is not a short-wave question, but I thought people here would know the answer. When I was a kid in the fifties, it seemed as if people who had radios in their cars had this rubber thing hanging from the bottom of the car. When I asked my parents what it was for they said it helped provide better radio reception. Somehow I remember every car having one, but then maybe not. Anyone remember what it was all about. Our car did not have one because my father would never get a car with a radio. Thanks Tom I'm thinking it was more than just rubber (if inspected closer) and was used as a ground strap? or a pre-cursor to "curb-Feelers"? I believe those rubber straps were impregnated with a conductive material. They were mainly intended to discharge static electricity caused by a passenger getting in or out of the car and rubbing their bottom across the seat cover material. -----= 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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