[TowerTalk] horses as antennas

Steve Robinson wu9b at desertinet.com
Wed Feb 18 17:43:03 EST 2009


I have 2 donkeys. I find that the longer ears radiate better on the low
bands.

on 2/18/2009 10:01 AM, Greg - AB7R at ab7r at cablespeed.com wrote:

> I obviously did not catch all of this thread but I find this email funny.  I
> have 3 
> horses and would also be interested in knowing how to make them radiate.
> 
> Do yo feed the tail as a long wire with a jumper between their ears?
> 
> When the ears twitch do you get any directivity?
> 
> If I put smaller shoes on the front and larger ones in the back to I get any
> forward gain?  :)
> 
> Does a draft horse work better on the lower bands and a mini-horse better on
> VHF?
> 
> Do you have to trim their mane to make them resonate?
> 
> 
> -------------------------
> 73,
> Greg - AB7R
> Whidbey Island WA
> NA-065
> 
> 
> On Wed Feb 18  8:55 , "wu7x"  sent:
> 
>> "I have one of those still in a box and one that was trashed by our horses.
>> 
>> They get out ok.  Very very very narrow bandwidth.  The coil is pretty
>> small"
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It is great to hear that the horses make good radiators.  Please let me know
>> how you tune them up.  Do I need to get bigger coils? What else can I do to
>> give my horses more bandwidth?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dale WU7X J
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