> Traditional antenna design employs solid wire as the active
> element. All solid wire antennas resonate -- that is, as part of
> the process of emitting a radio wave during operation an unwanted
> ringing occurs which can interfere with signal processing. This
> ringing causes clutter and often requires sophisticated signal
> processing to reduce its effect.
I'm guessing these guys have a sideline business in high end audio.
You wouldn't believe the snake oil they sell there:
run CDs through demagnetizers
use magic marker around the edges of CDs to limit reflections
low oxygen copper wires with direction arrows for interconnects
$1000 per meter interconnects (yes, that's 1 kilobuck, for 1 cable)
a simple RS table clock that does something to the AC to improve the sound
Oh, there's more; much more. Enough to make an EE curl up and die
from laughter.
73, Rod N4SI
The DXer formerly known as N9AKE
(c) 5 November, 1996
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