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to: Tom Walker
from: James Bradley
date: 2005-07-27 00:03:06
subject: Antenna

TOM WALKER wrote to JAMES BRADLEY, "Antenna" on 07-08-05 07:32

 JB> JB>Would a TV transmission suffer from S-N while in a vehicle? I would
 JB> JB> assume those too would be a balanced antennae you see on Limo's.


 JB> TW> Yes they are .They are  Dipole antenna design. And the ends are swept
 JB> TW> back to make then somewhat Omni Directional.

 JB>Because of the 'prevailing' winds, right?


 TW>  ????? Sorry that "joke" went right over the head of this old guy.

Wasn't so much a joke. The prevailing wind is from the direction of
travel. When the wind blows over the 'occupant compartment', eddies
around the trunk, ^_  antennae displays an awkward, forever shifting
polar pattern. 


... "Radio waves never die. They just heterodyne." -Yates R.
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