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These rapidly became the "Earth" and the "Aerial" >> the latter whether it was a wire or not. The term antennae comes from the >> "touchy feely" thing insects have protruding from their heads. In the UK >> antenna and antennas (yes that is the correct plural!) only became to be >> used by techs who had come into contact with US radar techs though the >> term filtered over in QST before 1940. We still errect "TV aerials" in >> the UK, and that includes the dishes!.We love having multiple words for >> the same thing or nearly the same thing, and we gleefully "steal" other >> people's words and incorporate them into our language. We delight in the >> absurdity of terms like "underground aerials" but we know what it means! > > Nice! :-) Now i'm informed i think. Some of these questions i never dared > to ask here so far :-) > > But doesn't stay it (the dishes) in contrast to Jim's answer where an > aerial is a wire structure? > > 73, Stefan > >> >> Best Wishes >> Alan G3NYK >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Schäfer" >> >> To: >> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:00 PM >> Subject: LF: Ae! >> >> >>> Hmm, maybe someone from the UK can explain the difference between aerial >>> and antenna? Is there a difference? >>> >>> 73, Stefan/DK7FC >>> >> >