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The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Hi Alan, Jim, LF, Am 31.05.2012 22:52, schrieb Alan Melia: > Hi Stefan in the early (Marconi) days the were two parts to the > radiation inducing section of the wireless communication > system.......one was a wire connected to earth, the other was an > elevated or aerial ( literally "in the air" ) wire. 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! [...] Content analysis details: (-0.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low trust [129.206.100.212 listed in list.dnswl.org] -0.0 T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain X-Scan-Signature: 33d261536bb1467bb13d5764461d5ec4 Subject: Re: LF: Re: Ae! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:432415392:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d605a4fc7dcd66b17 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none Hi Alan, Jim, LF, Am 31.05.2012 22:52, schrieb Alan Melia: > Hi Stefan in the early (Marconi) days the were two parts to the=20 > radiation inducing section of the wireless communication=20 > system.......one was a wire connected to earth, the other was an=20 > elevated or aerial ( literally "in the air" ) wire. These rapidly=20 > became the "Earth" and the "Aerial" the latter whether it was a wire=20 > or not. The term antennae comes from the "touchy feely" thing insects=20 > have protruding from their heads. In the UK antenna and antennas (yes=20 > that is the correct plural!) only became to be used by techs who had=20 > come into contact with US radar techs though the term filtered over in=20 > QST before 1940. We still errect "TV aerials" in the UK, and that=20 > includes the dishes!.We love having multiple words for the same thing=20 > or nearly the same thing, and we gleefully "steal" other people's=20 > words and incorporate them into our language. We delight in the=20 > 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=20 dared to ask here so far :-) But doesn't stay it (the dishes) in contrast to Jim's answer where an=20 aerial is a wire structure? 73, Stefan > > Best Wishes > Alan G3NYK > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Sch=C3=A4fer"=20 > > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:00 PM > Subject: LF: Ae! > > >> Hmm, maybe someone from the UK can explain the difference between=20 >> aerial and antenna? Is there a difference? >> >> 73, Stefan/DK7FC >> >