BOEING377 wrote:

Someone thought of it b4. I own a surplus variable length dipole that uses
metal measuring measuring tapes. Coax fitting is built in. Works well for a
camping antenna.


darn. nothing new under the sun as they say. well..back to the drawing
board.

Idea #493

I figure if I can heat a filament inside a glass cylinder filled with
inert gas, I can get a thermionic action and get a process of
'amplification' via anodes and cathodes. I can call this a 'valve'.


This may or may not prove useful.



mike